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Montreal adopts bylaw banning insults against police, municipal employees

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  1. petcat · · focus · HN ↗
    Something similar was attempted in Houston in the 1980s and the US Supreme Court struck it down as a clear 1st Amendment violation [1]

    > The Constitution does not allow such speech to be made a crime. The freedom of individuals verbally to oppose or challenge police action without thereby risking arrest is one of the principal characteristics by which we distinguish a free nation from a police state.

    [1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.law.cornell.edu&#x2F;supremecourt&#x2F;text&#x2F;482&#x2F;451" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.law.cornell.edu&#x2F;supremecourt&#x2F;text&#x2F;482&#x2F;451

    1. mig39 · · focus · HN ↗
      Canada&#x27;s first amendment is about a completely different topic :-)
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