Cops Arrest Man For Having "Their Feelings Hurt" By His Satire Police Facebook Page
In 1988, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously agreed in Hustler v. Falwell, 485 U.S. 46, that a parody, which no reasonable person expected to be true, was protected free speech. In the three decades since, politicians and government agencies have ignored this ruling and attempted to travel after those that mock them using satire and parody. Police officers are the worst when it involves getting triggered after being made fun of with parody or satire accounts. As the following case illustrates, their rage at someone's free speech can manifest into deprivation of rights, kidnapping, and extortion. Michael Samuel Joseph Freemen runs a Facebook page under the name Borger local department . Aside from the content of the posts, the brand looks very almost like the particular Borger local department except that on the proper on Freeman's version, it clearly states that this is ofte...