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> In France, a woman spent 23 hours in custody for giving French President Emmanuel Macron the middle finger. (She was acquitted after arguing she had pointed h
by impish9208 1y ago
> In France, a woman spent 23 hours in custody for giving French President Emmanuel Macron the middle finger. (She was acquitted after arguing she had pointed her finger in the air and not directly at the president.)
- mytailorisrich 1y agoIt was not clear to me if she was really "acquitted" or released without charge so I looked it up and she was indeed charged and acquitted in court. In France there is an offence called "outrage à personne dépositaire de l'autorité publique", contempt/insult to someone holding 'public authority' (police, elected official, etc), which is the basis for this. There is a similar offence for insults against civil servants and public workers (inc. teachers, public transport employees, etc).