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Is whistling/catcalling at someone in the street illegal?
I’m curious about the position in any jurisdictions but especially in how they intersect/interact with fundamental freedom of speech provisions such as the U.S. first amendment.
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Is it considered harrassment in the US to call a black man the N-word?
I recently saw a Youtube Short featuring a man interviewing Jordan Peterson and they were discussing the legality of calling someone by racial slurs, specifically the N-word. Seemingly having actually ...
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How are alarm or distress defined in s4A Public Order Act 1986?
If one shouts at another as they pass "shame on you" "traitor" "how do you sleep at night"? Shouldn't these be protected expressions of perfectly reasonable antipathy ...
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What constitutes a threat
Assuming no other details are hidden, and you only have the following facts, would it be enough to classify the case as a reasonable threat?
Person A and B are roommates.
Person A is upset with ...
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Is the cop right? Is it OK to harass people, but only as long as it's non-sexual?
(The protagonist of this clip, the "bagel guy", went viral recently in someone else's video)
In this Youtube video (now removed, Twitter copy) a cop tells him it's not illegal to harass people, but ...
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What types of recourse do I have against people who contact my employers about thing I have of Facebook?
I made a factual statement about mathematics on Facebook. A group of people took exception to what I said and decided that they would contact my employer because they thought it made me unfit to be a ...
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What distinguishes hate speech from harassment in the US?
In the United States, hate speech is protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution no matter how morally repugnant it is. But harassment is a crime and is therefore not protected.
Here are ...
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