Law Against Police Bumper Stickers Unconstitutional

April 2nd, 2010 admin

A local Ohio ordinance making it a crime for civilians to  display  bumper stickers of police organizations is unconstitutional, a federal judge says. The First Amendment decision by U.S. District Judge Michael Barrett blocks the suburban Village of Lockland from enforcing the minor-misdemeanor statute, and comes after a nationwide scattering of similar decisions overturning ordinances forbidding citizens from wearing police and military garb. The ordinance in question authorizes police to pull over drivers on suspicion that they were violating the bumper-sticker law, which reads: “No…


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