TR Mar City Police Department what's the middle finger is that a certain hand signal that you got to give away just that is that why you pull yes driver's license registration Insurance welcome back to the channel this is actually my client his name is Corey Lambert he was driving in Martinsburg West Virginia he saw a police car Cory flipped them off also known as giving them the bird and he immediately turned his car around and initiated a traffic stop of Corey 24 Mar 75 he decided to pretend that Cory was a attempting to use a hand traffic signal and had used the wrong one trle Mars City Police Department what's the middle finger is that a certain hand signal that you got to give away just that just just to do it cuz I want it all right where's your driver's license registration Pro Insurance driver's license registration proof of insurance is that why you pull yes driver's license registration proof of insurance you can't can I can you're in the middle of a traffic stop listen driver's license registration proof of insurance and proper hand display Cory believing this to be illegal attempted to remonstrate with the officer questioning his authority to pull him over and detain him in violation of his first amendment rights boom they opened the car door they grabbed him and arrested him driver's license registration if I have to say it one more time to provide me with the documents I'm going to place you under arrest under arrest for what get out get out of the car Cory was charged with improper hand and arm signals two count of obstructing police and no proof of insurance he was held at Eastern Regional Jail for 3 days and four nights on a $1,211 cash only Bond as a result of the time that he was incarcerated he ended up losing his job as a truck driver then when he had court on these charges the improper hand and arm signal charge was dismissed the count of obstructing police and no proof of insurance were dismissed there is federal case law that supports there being a First Amendment right to give the police the middle finger gestures such as that fall under Free Speech protections unless they constitute fighting words or incite immediate violence which was not the case here and that's why here we filed a federal civil rights lawsuit to enforce Corey's constitutional rights and if you want to follow along you can subscribe here and also at the blog at the civils lawyer.com remember our rights don't end where your fear begins freedom is scary deal with it [Music]