A woman in Scranton who was arrested for swearing loudly at her toilet when it backed up has been let go:
However, District Judge Terrence Gallagher earlier this week dismissed the charge on the grounds that while Herb’s language “may be considered by some to be offensive, vulgar and imprudent”, it is “protected speech pursuant to the First Amendment”.
It’s a disgrace that it even got to the point where a judge had to make that ruling.
It’s an even bigger disgrace that her neighbor – an off-duty, obviously bored police officer – called the police on her. Jerk.