Speech

An Arkansas state trooper is not entitled to qualified immunity on a free-speech retaliation claim, the Eighth Circuit <strong><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Speech.pdf">affirmed</a></strong>, saying Arkansas law does not punish the use of vulgar language: in this case, arresting a man for telling the trooper: “Fuck you.”

ST. LOUIS — An Arkansas state trooper is not entitled to qualified immunity on a free-speech retaliation claim, the Eighth Circuit affirmed , saying Arkansas law does not punish the use of vulgar language: in this case, arresting a man for telling the trooper: “Fuck you.”

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