The following excerpt is from People v. Stephen, 153 Misc.2d 382, 581 N.Y.S.2d 981 (N.Y. City Ct. 1992):
Thus, even if reasonable civilians might have been provoked into retaliatory action by defendant's comments, one could expect that a trained police officer would remain calm (as he apparently did). Thus, defendant's remarks, while odious, do not come within the small class of "fighting words" for which the government may mete out punishment. (Texas v. Johnson, supra ).
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