Federal Court: Saying the N-Word to Two Black People Does Not Qualify as 'Fighting Words'
Federal Court: Saying the N-Word to Two Black People Does Not Qualify as ‘Fighting Words’ Colin Kalmbacher © Provided by Law & Crime Front of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Flinging the n-word does not fall under the “fighting words” exception to the First Amendment, a federal court found on Tuesday. In the case stylized as U.S. v. Bartow, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit opined that the n-word is an “ugly racial epithet” and a “highly offensive slur” that “undoubtedly constitute[s] extremely ‘abusive language'” but determined tha...
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