F-Bomb Earns Woman $100,000 from Cobb County

A Cobb County woman has won a $100,000 judgment against the the county following her 2012 arrest and detention in solitary confinement for allegedly swearing at police, WSB-TV says.

Amy Barnes was riding her bicycle on April 8, Easter Sunday, to get butter from the store when she allegedly cursed and flipped off two Cobb police officers, WSB-TV says. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Barnes, a political activist, shouted “F- the police” as the two officers were questioning a black man near Marietta.

According to WSB-TV, Barnes was arrested for disorderly conduct for her shouts, and police allegedly placed her in solitary confinement for 23 hours because Barnes is hearing impaired.

Following her release, Barnes sued the department on the grounds that arrest and period in solitary confinement over swearing at police violated her First Amendment rights.