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Supreme Court to Hear Case of Man Who Got Four Days in Jail for Mocking a Police Department on Facebook

This sounds like something out of a movie about the FBI going after pro-life activists. Anthony Novak is a budding parodist. Ignoring the First Rule of Law Enforcement — “The cop never thinks it is as funny as you do” — he decided to set up a Facebook page that parodied that of the Parma, OH, police department. It wasn’t like any, but the dimmest bulb could have mistaken the page for the actual Parma PD Facebook page.

Anthony’s parody page was modeled after the real department page. It had the same name and profile picture, but displayed the satirical slogan, “We no crime.” The posts on Anthony’s page were obvious parody and included things like the announcement of an “official stay inside and catch up with family day” to “reduce future crimes” during which anyone caught outside would be arrested.

A mature police department would’ve kept its eye on the ball and worried about crime, but then we wouldn’t have a story. This account is from the decision of the Sixth Circuit in Anthony Novak vs. City of Parma, OH.

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5 thoughts on “Supreme Court to Hear Case of Man Who Got Four Days in Jail for Mocking a Police Department on Facebook”

    1. Give them some time.

      Confiscating property and cash from innocent civilians and shooting citizens takes up lots of time so there isn’t much time left for arresting those who just make fun of them.
      But apparently, some HAVE found the time to do that and actually believe it’s legal.

      Like taking cash and property without trial or warrant. Or killing you if you don’t like it…..

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