White Plains Judge Rules Man Arrested for Writing F-Bomb on Speeding Ticket Used 'Free Speech'

Written by WENDY ANN MITCHELL (Patch Staff)

A White Plains federal judge has ruled in favor of a Connecticut man who wrote profanity on a speeding ticket he got in the New York village of Liberty, according to Pix 11 News.

Willian Barboza, 22, of Bethel, was arrested for harassment for writing “Fu*k your shi**y town bitc*es” on the payment form. The New York Civil Liberties Union came to Barboza’s defense and filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on his behalf after the village refused to take his payment for a speeding ticket that he defaced with curse words.

Judge Cathy Seibel said Barboza had the right to curse the government under the First Amendment. Charges against him were dismissed.

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