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♦️ Pub: Mar 19, 2019 | Updated: < 1 min. | Words: 170 ♦️
| Reading: The headline → Police Officer Can’t Pull Over Driver For Giving Him The Finger, Court Rules
The federal appeals court ruling: Middle Finger Protected By First Amendment
The summary: “If you’ve ever been tempted to make a rude gesture at a police officer, you can rest assured that the Constitution protects your right to do so, a federal appeals court says.”
The reality: Those of us subject to
- driving
- walking
- sleeping
- studying
- walking around within your own home
- chillin' inside a coffee shop
- hangin' out in your grandmomma's backyard
- breathing
while Black, understand: what lives on paper ain't happ'nin' on the street. Act accordingly.

— The 1-Finger Salute to a Cop? Technically: Cool. (Reality: Fool.)