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He probably got charged because he pissed off a cop. Maybe try not cursing at them while they are trying to break up a fight that you are not even a part of.
Nah.
How about cops stop being such pieces of shit instead?
You just want to legalize murder!
/poeslaw
The ones that want the job for the power are pieces of shit. It's best to not draw their attention to you for no reason.
“Just give up your right to free speech because cops can’t be trusted to respect your constitutional rights” is practical advice, but it’s not exactly saying anything good about cops.
Also, if you don't exercise your rights, it's functionally like you don't have those rights at all
There's no law saying you can't curse at a cop, but the cop decided to charge they guy for breaking some old, obscure law from the 1950's that would not normally have been enforced.
You do know that there is literally nothing a black person in South Carolina can do to stop a cop from arresting or attacking them if they feel like it, right? They can be sitting on a park bench reading a book and a cop will find a reason to abuse them because the South is filled with racist cops.
There's a reason why "driving while black" is a phrase all over the country, but in the South it's especially true.
Oh no! How dare he fucking swear at a cop?! Clearly, this fucking shit could not be allowed to fucking stand.
How about the cop grow the fuck up and not go off on a fucking immature power trip just because a teenager swore at him?
Fuck that pig.
Why the fuck are you defending cops persecuting people for swearing at them?
I am absolutely not defending them. The cop should have acted professionally and ignored what this guy said. Unfortunately, this is what tends to happen in the US. The cops here can usually get away with anything including murder with nothing more than some paid suspension as a punishment.
How do you say that and not get upset at the cop for clear abuse of power in that hypothetical? The cop is older, has training