# Since when is yelling at a cop a Maceable offence?

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**Created:** [April 25, 2001, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-when-is-yelling-at-a-cop-a-maceable-offence/63228 "2001-04-25T02:51:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-when-is-yelling-at-a-cop-a-maceable-offence/63228/10 "2001-04-25T07:24:47Z")

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A court just ruled that a cop isn’t breaking the law by acting like a jerk. This was in response to a woman getting handcuffed for allowing her kids to take off their seatbelts while she was driving, however.

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