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A Bird in the Hand is Worth . . . $50,000: Pennsylvania Man Receives $50,000 After Being Given Ticket for Flipping the Bird at Officer

David Hackbart, 35, will be awarded $50,000 after being ticketed in Pittsburgh for flipping the bird in traffic.

Pittsburgh City Council approved the settlement of a free speech lawsuit filed by Hackbart. Hackbart flipped the bird at another driver in 2006 and then did it again to a second driver who turned out to be a police officer.

It is again astonishing to me that the police persisted in this litigation to the point of a trial. If the public is upset, it should be directly that anger told the officials who persisted in litigating this issue.

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