MIDDLEBOROUGH, Massachusetts (PNN) - June 26, 2012 - Several dozen people held a profanity laced rally to protest a Massachusetts town's bylaw allowing pig thug cops to hand out $20 tickets for public swearing.
Some people shouted curse words while others carried profane posters supporting free speech at Monday's rally in the rain on the Middleborough Town Hall lawn. People who support the bylaw also showed up.
The protest rally was organized by Adam Kokesh, libertarian host of the radio show Adam vs. the Man. He says thug cops can "steal from you if they don't like what's coming out of your mouth."
But thug cops won't be issuing any tickets until the state attorney general determines if the bylaw making public cursing a civil offense is constitutional. The bylaw was passed overwhelmingly two weeks ago at a town meeting.
Public swearing was a crime under a seldom-enforced 1968 bylaw.
