New Jersey court: Distributing vulgar flyer about coworker and wife not criminal ‘harassment’

The Volokh Conspiracy 2016-03-22

Summary:

From State v. Burkert, released today by a New Jersey appellate court, the summary: Defendant’s conviction [for harassment] was based upon his creation of two “flyers” that contained the wedding photo of a fellow Union County corrections officer (the Sergeant), which was altered to include vulgar handwritten comments in speech bubbles…. We reverse defendant’s conviction […]

Link:

http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/669424/s/4e5c9a62/sc/7/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cnews0Cvolokh0Econspiracy0Cwp0C20A160C0A30C180Cn0Ej0Ecourt0Edistributing0Evulgar0Eflyer0Eabout0Ecoworker0Eand0Ewife0Enot0Ecriminal0Eharassment0C/story01.htm

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Tags:

"bullying" and "harassment" bans

Authors:

Eugene Volokh

Date tagged:

03/22/2016, 15:13

Date published:

03/18/2016, 13:45