Saying “Pardon my French” just won’t do in some parts of Pennsylvania where police routinely treat the use of profanity as a crime, according to a pair of lawsuits filed Wednesday in federal court in Harrisburg, Pa.
Both suits were filed by lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania on behalf of Pennsylvania residents who say they were issued citations for disorderly conduct for yelling swear words in traffic disputes.
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