Judge rules that flipping someone off is a 'God-given right'.
Judge Dennis Galiatsatos in Québec ruled that flipping a neighbor off can't be considered a crime.He wrote in his ruling that people need to stop calling the police over petty disputes.
A judge in Québec ruled that flipping someone off can't be considered a crime because flashing one's middle finger is a"God-given right." Judge Dennis Galiatsatos' comments were part of his ruling in a dispute involving two neighbors in Montreal, Michael Naccache and Neall Epstein, theEpstein, 45, was arrested in May 2021 after he flashed two middle fingers at Naccache, with whom he had had previous disagreements, per the CBC. Epstein was then charged with criminal harassment, the CBC reported.
Naccache, 34, said Epstein made a throat-slashing gesture with his fingers and flipped him off, which he took offense to, according toon February 24 that it is not a crime to give someone the finger, and acquitted Epstein. "Flipping the proverbial bird is a God-given, Charter-enshrined right that belongs to every red-blooded Canadian," the judge wrote."It may not be civil, it may not be polite, it may not be gentlemanly. Nevertheless, it does not trigger criminal liability.""On what basis did he fear that Mr. Epstein was a potential murderer? The fact that he went for quiet walks with his kids? The fact that he socialized with the other young parents on the street?" the judge wrote.
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