Lu Ann Buffkins v. City of Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, a Municipal Corporation Alvin Grigsby And, John Friend

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• holding that detention of black woman at an airport did not amount to racial discrimination under 1981 because \her race matched the racial description of the person described in the tip\
• holding that calling an officer an \asshole\ was protected speech and thus could not form the basis for a disorderly conduct arrest
• holding that detention of black woman at an airport did not amount to racial discrimination under 1981 because \her race matched the racial description of the person described in the tip\
• holding as a matter of law that telling a police officer he was an “asshole” while departing airport interview room did not constitute fighting words in absence of -7- evidence that speaker became violent or threatened violence
• various uses of word “asshole,” when directed to officer, held not to be fighting words
• plaintiff’s “use of the word ‘asshole’ could not reasonably have prompted a violent response from the arresting officers”

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