MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - A Vermont man arrested in 2018 for allegedly flipping off a trooper has settled a lawsuit against the Vermont State Police.

In a lawsuit later filed by the ACLU, the group says that after he was detained and questioned, Bombard cursed and did give the trooper the finger. The trooper arrested him for disorderly conduct, a charge that was dismissed a year later.

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    4 months ago

    This is not a new thing. People have won settlements many times in the past for being arrested for flipping off cops. In CA I think someone was awarded multiple millions of dollars for it.

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      4 months ago

      Step one: Become friendly with cop.

      Step two: Cop friend pulls you over.

      Step three: Flip off cop friend to get arrested.

      Step four: Get settlement, get married to one another, and run off to Barbados together.

      Step five: Argue about how the money went away too fast.

      Step six: Get divorced, sell your body for drugs.

      Step seven: Flip off a Barbados cop to get arrested.

      Step eight: Spend the rest of your days in a Caribbean prison.

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      4 months ago

      And every time, the taxpayer foots the bill. Until the funds start coming from police pensions, nothing is going to change.