[ddrdrck_]

This sounds terribly odd to me as a European guy. We hear a lot of stories with US cops unloading their guns at people they feel are a menace, only to realize later these people were actually unarmed or just holding a phone. But if someone gives them a middle finger then it is all fine and cops should do nothing but lower their eyes !?

In France to give the middle finger to a policeman or soldier or any other state representant would be considered an offense. People would be fined for this, and not even our leftists would contest that.

[frumper]

What law would be broken by this offense?

[CodeArtisan]

Contempt of civil servant

https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/codes/article_lc/LEGIARTI0000...

google translate: https://www-legifrance-gouv-fr.translate.goog/codes/article_...

[singleshot_]

In America contempt of civil servants is more or less required.

[krustyburger]

Esprit de corps.

Just kidding- maybe there’s an actual law involved. Either way this sort of example shows how much of an outlier the Bill of Rights is. It’s something worth protecting at all costs.

[rolph]

>>We hear a lot of stories with US cops unloading their guns at people they feel are a menace, only to realize later these people were actually unarmed or just holding a phone.<<

this is why so much desire to shoot the finger.

[wil421]

The Supreme Court said it was considered free speech to give the middle finger. If you yelled profanity at a police man in front of the public you could get a charge like disorderly conduct or something like that.

[giraffe_lady]

French leftists would absolutely contest this come on.

[ddrdrck_]

Absolutely not. It would ruin all the fun otherwise !

[DanAtC]

lécheur