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Eugene Volokh

Magistrate Judge: Calling Police Officer "Pig," "Terrorist," "Punk Ass," and "Bitch" in Facebook Comments Is Obscene …

[UPDATE: It turns out that the First Amendment analysis in the report and recommendation was borrowed almost word-for-word from the defendants' briefs.]

In Sgaggio v. De Young (D. Colo.), decided yesterday, plaintiff had posted on the Woodland Park Police Department page (in response to a story about a search of someone else's home for marijuana),

You target sick kids to get your overtime pay..[sic] That's why you are a pig….

You target sick children to Enrich [sic] officers [yellow police officer emoji] with overtime pay..[sic] dirty ass cops.

Tyler Pope they violate the constitution daily. All too stupid to understand the oath they took. We the people will bring these terrorists into federal court.

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