A Florida man wore a 'f*** the police' shirt to court hearing against state troopers — wins case

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2783065/A-Florida-man-wore-f-police-shirt-court-hearing-against-state-troopers-won-case.html

Burns writes on LiveLeak.com that he routinely records police. He was doing just that while police were kicking some citizens off a Florida roadside. 

'It was public property and I was told they were only being kicked out to "ruin their fun,"' Burns wrote on LiveLeak. 

After there was nothing left to record, Burns drove off. Police then followed him, he says, with six police cars pulling behind him when he was stopped. 

Burns says an officer forced him to remove a Fraternal Order of Police sticker, which the cop claimed was obstructing the numbers of his license plate.





[iA Florida man who recently wore a shirt that read 'f*** the police' to a court squabble with state troopers somehow managed to walk out a winner.

Michael Burns of Broward County complained to the judge that he'd been unfairly targeted by officers who were angry that he'd been recording them on video as they broke up a roadside gathering.

Despite making no attempt to get in the judge's good graces and even with his vulgar t-shirt display, video someone took in the courtroom clearly shows Burns getting out of a ticket.


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[cwydro]

1. Probably not what I would choose ito do.

But good on him.

Especially if he got out of it.

[Luminous Animal]

2. Brave activist. Fair judge.

[Eleanors38]

3. Quite a few other states you wouldn't try this in.

[Jamaal510]

4. He was lucky.

A person has to be kinda careful where they wear those types of shirts. Even up here in Humboldt as I wore a "If you see da' police, warn a brother" shirt inside a Safeway one evening, an old lady bagging my groceries looked at me weird.