COP REACTS - Man arrested for flipping off Vermont Trooper

Can you really get arrested for flipping off and yelling an expletive to a police officer??
In this “COP REACTS” video, I break down a recently released dash camera video of a Vermont State Trooper arresting Greg Bombard for yelling an expletive and flipping the trooper off.
Sit back and watch as I give and explain my thoughts (as a police officer) on the incident.
*TLDR version - although Vermont statute technically makes the action “illegal”, the US Constitution and US Supreme Court case laws says it’s not illegal. This trooper should have let it go and move on.*
• The original dash camera footage can be seen here: • Greg Bombard Arrest - ...
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[@LuLu80517]

People just need to learn to behave in public. The guy obviously has anger issues, and needs to grow up!

[@TellTheTruth1]

Don’t be a bootlicker. Back to blue until it happens to you.

[@johnnysky6699]

are you serious? Get a GRIP, LADY.

[@LuLu80517]

@@johnnysky6699 So acting like an adult is wrong??? Who needs to get a grip????

[@idadho]

Yes, Cops need to behave...There is no evidence of anger. This was simply communicating a sentiment.

[@brodawgHD2020]

Yes I agree, the officer needs to learn to behave and obviously has anger issues.

[@davidratcliffe60]

🖕 is covered by the First Amendment. The original stop was unconstitutional.

[@mitchelmacarthur9295]

This officer apparently has soft skin, police need to have thick skin and let it go.

[@roba7737]

Courts have ruled that giving cops the finger is protected speach. Although I don't advise doing it. It tends to irritate them. 😂😂

[@OfficerNaeNae]

I spoke about that in my video

[@mylifewithmy3minions]

In Texas, if someone finds it offensive, they can be charged with disorderly conduct.

[@OfficerNaeNae]

From my understanding, though, it has to be someone other than the officer. In this case, only the officer was offended

[@mylifewithmy3minions]

@OfficerNaeNae you're right. That is odd. I flipped someone off in texas so that's how I knew lol I thought it was just freedom of speech...guess not...thankfully I didn't get cited or charged. But the cop said I could have.

[@TellTheTruth1]

Stop giving that corrupt officer a pass. That officer is the problem with policing. He’s leading his ego get the best of him. In other words he’s nothing more than a grown child with a gun and badge.

[@declanmcmanus5674]

The state statute is unconstitutional.

[@haveanice12]

Preciate the video and the honest feedback.

[@TellTheTruth1]

Supreme Court has already ruled that obscene language as long as they are not fighting words is completely constitutional and overrides any city state laws and policies

[@OfficerNaeNae]

That’s why I said this trooper should have been better educated on case laws, not just his state’s law

[@TellTheTruth1]

Just another thought. Cop should not have to look up basic laws, especially the ones at the enforce every day. Too many people are arrested because the cop doesn’t know the law and ends up, having to sort it out in court, which takes up everybody’s time and money, except for the Officer . It’s time to abolish qualify immunity to officers that act on what they think, and not act on the actual laws. Ignorance is no excuse for not knowing the law but yet many officers have no clue of the laws they are enforcing.

[@Rapunzel4476]

Just my opinion, but sometimes it’s easier to just let stuff like that to roll off your back. The driver could have at least waited till he was driving off if they’re gonna be that dumb too.

[@EricDobmeier]

Good breakdown, sir. I enjoyed watching this video and getting a cop’s perspective on things. I think that the trooper got butt hurt and wanted to strike back at this guy. I personally hope that the Supreme Court ends up throwing this charge out.

[@OfficerNaeNae]

Good news is the arrest was thrown out in court, but now he’s suing in civil court

[@LynnEl2You]

I love listening to you!! Great job Officer L.

[@NickToth-u2z]

Why are officers so uneducated, why not mandate more training

[@mindyourbizok]

The officer should be ashamed of himself for requesting backup for a non crime.

[@n8dog2001]

You dont HAVE to fish for a legitimate reason to pull someone over because you want to question them for a constitutional protected right. Thats the mentality/culture we the people are looking to get rid of.

[@n8dog2001]

Also, in the moment is the only time you and the officer are potentially on equal grounds. Once it goes it court, the officer has all of the leverage, and RARELY are held accountable. End qualified immunity then i would agree.

[@TellTheTruth1]

You see that’s the problem cops looking for a reason to pull people over when they don’t have a reason to. I mean you can’t condone the cop looking for a reason to pull him over after he flicked off the Officer. You need to do some soul-searching, and maybe find another profession

[@3footlonghair]

Have you ever had a formal complaint made against you? Btw I love this content.

[@OfficerNaeNae]

I have had one (not use of force reacted), but was cleared by my body camera and eyewitnesses

[@sandyturner21508]

I like your breakdown and appreciate the input from the cops' standpoint. My video opinion: alot of Maine cops tend to be assholes anyways, so I learned in the 3 years I lived there. One swore just because my husband had big veins that he did drugs even though he had no track marks at all and made him get out of the car And go behind it in a completely unfounded traffic stop, where he proceeded to hound him incessantly about the drugs he was supposedly doing before giving it up and letting him go. By unfounded, I mean there was literally no reason to stop him, nor did the officer provide any reasoning. Also state of Virginia, where I live now made a similar arrest recently. This case where for the officer overhearing someone using profanity while on the phone🤦

[@carlap9859]

I really like the way you broke down the video and were honest in your opinions. I do appreciate everything y’all do for us. I went to a formal event on the 29th and on the way out of the venue were 3 police officers standing there. They looked totally shocked when I approached them, shook their hands and thanked them for their service. Their reaction was like nobody took the time to thank them before. They were so appreciative of us acknowledging them for their putting their lives on the line for us! Officer Nae Nae, thank you for your service! God bless and protect you all! 🙏💙

[@georgecraytin9838]

Back the blue till they come for you or yours

[@carlap9859]

@@georgecraytin9838 obviously if they’re coming for you or yours it’s because you’re doing something or giving them a reason too! Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but I for one appreciate what they do for us on a daily basis! These men and women put on that uniform and badge and when they walk out their door to go to work, they don’t know if that’ll be the last time they will see their families! They run into situations where most people run away from! So yes, I’ll back the blue every day all day!! God bless them all!! 🙏💙💙

[@georgecraytin9838]

@@carlap9859 Yes just ask Breona taylor or the husband and wife named Tuttles or the thousands of people who got raided and cops got the two numbers of the address wrong. Or the millions of driving while black cases that have all been settled out of court. You must mean the brave souls who sat by as the kids were shot in Uvalde while cops lounged out in hallway. It has been proven time and again a cops job is not that dangerous. Try driving a cab or deliver food for a living and they pay is not even close to a cops. I realise you are a cop and can not cross the gang line but just do not try to BS a BSer.

[@carlap9859]

@@georgecraytin9838 first off, I’m not a cop! I’m a ER Trauma nurse and I’ve been assaulted at work on several occasions, had ribs broken by a drug addict who couldn’t get drugs, spit on by patients with mental health issues, kicked and hit by a patient who was suffering from severely low blood sugar levels and as he was kicking and hitting me, I had to start an IV so I could administer an amp of D50 to bring his sugar level up and jumped on by a patient who was high and felt he was waiting too long so he jumped over the counter! So you’re right about other professions also being dangerous! However had it not been for the police officers working the ER, I know for a fact that myself and my coworkers who were attacked would’ve been hurt much worse! But to say a police officers job is not dangerous has obviously never been called out to a fake call just to be ambushed and killed, had someone walk up to their car and shoot them just because they were a police officer; ran into a burning home to save an elderly person or a child or ran into a building with an active shooter! Yes, there was a school shooting where a cop who was on scene but because he was a coward or was too afraid, didn’t enter the school right away and because of his actions, more kids were either injured or killed! 2nd - I’m not saying that every cop is a good cop!! As in every profession, you have good ones and bad ones! Just as they’re good nurses and bad nurses, etc.. I know I will bust my ass to help save a patient in cardiac arrest or bleeding out from a gunshot or stab wounds, where there are a few nurses who won’t break a sweat to perform chest compressions or even bother holding a patient’s hand to comfort them as they took their last breath! As I previously said, everyone is entitled to their opinions and it doesn’t mean I’m right and you’re wrong or I’m wrong and you’re right, we just have to agree to disagree!!

[@carlap9859]

@@georgecraytin9838First off, I’m not a cop, I’m a ER Trauma nurse of 30 years! I’m not saying there aren’t bad cops but there’s a hell of a lot more good cops than bad ones! A lot of professions can be dangerous, for example in my career in the ER as a trauma nurse, I’ve been attacked and had ribs broken from being violently pushed into the crash cart by a drug addict who was high and looking for more drugs! I’ve been jumped on by a man who jumped over the counter because he was told he had to wait to be seen because we were in the middle of a code; I’ve been spit on by mentally unstable patients, kicked and hit by people who were brought in by the police with fake complaints because they thought if they came to the hospital they wouldn’t be arrested and I thank God for the officers who worked in the ER! I’ve also treated police officers and other first responders hurt or shot in the line of duty! I can clearly tell that your are anti-police but I bet the next time someone tries to break in your house or pulls a gun on you or one of your family members, the 1st call you’re going to make is to 911 for the police to come to your aid!! If you don’t think a cops job is dangerous, then why don’t you put on the bulletproof vest, the 10 pounds of gear they have to wear and go run into a situation where there’s an active shooter or respond to a call about a nonexistent lost child just so someone can ambush you and try to kill you just because you wear a badge?!?

[@brodawgHD2020]

I've never seen your channel before but it's nice to hear a cop's perspective that has a reasonable take on stuff like this. Police don't need to be arresting folks for saying bad words or hurting their feelings when there are actual crimes happening.

[@sallysheffield1012]

Did the driver actually say the stuff he said? I never heard it??

[@OfficerNaeNae]

It sounds like he did, but the microphone didn’t pick it up

[@keithlewis9106]

Being an police officer is hard , bless you all and you only human too.

[@MrNooner319]

A police

[@OperatorUnnamed]

There was no legal basis for the original stop in the first place. I would not stop, cite, or even make contact, let alone arrest an individual that displayed the bird in my general direction. I would do one of these three, I would wave, say how's it going or just ignore them depending on what I was doing at the time. I am also, not from Vermont. Even if I was from Vermont, I would not push this issue. Officer discretion. This Trooper has an ego problem. This happens to every cop. If he can't handle it he needs to loosen his ego.

[@williamphillips2696]

REMEMBER, the police ARE legally allowed to LIE and MISLEAD you. ALWAYS record police interactions.

[@TellTheTruth1]

You seem more concerned that the officer wasn’t wearing his hat. Unfortunately, you don’t seem to have as much concern for the officer who is violating somebody’s rights

[@jessicamichallick3253]

This is great, could you please do more reaction videos like this?

[@UserName_no1]

Other than the trooper is there a verified witness (out of the hundred people the trooper claimed) that heard the driver use profanity?🤔 You know the age old question, " If nobody sees or hears a tree in the woods fall, does it make a sound?". [Widow makers are excluded.]

[@OfficerNaeNae]

I think the trooper assumes there was, but no one else said anything to him. There’s no way in the time from the first stop to the second that time anyone reported it as being disruptive or concerning

[@UserName_no1]

@@OfficerNaeNae Yeah, well, let's call it what it is and not what the trooper wants it to be. The troopers feelings/ego was hurt by someone exercising their right to established free speech and he retaliated by abusing his authority. Burning the flag is also an activity protected by the 1A and it hurts my sensibilities when people do it. But I'm not going to try and physically stop them from doing so. I'll voice my objection but that's as far as it goes.

[@OfficerNaeNae]

@@UserName_no1 I agree. This was a “Contempt of Cop” case 💯

[@mindyourbizok]

Please pause the video. When the video is playing and you're talking over the video is very distracting to know what's going on.

[@WizardmasterNZ]

Officer said 100 people, Did you seen people on these video ???? No ?....Well, because Officer liar to other officer. Bombard have right compliant to file against Officer in first place before arrest. Bombard didn't finger get award $170,000, Shame officer !

[@saber005]

I am wondering if you will do a follow up video on this situation once the cops has been cleared of any and all wrong doing by his friends in IA in a couple years? Of course, I am assuming that he actually WILL be investigated.

[@chris-un4rm]

To start off with there was absolutely no crime committed, traffic offense, or probable cause or reasonable suspicion to even pull him over officer na na... So why don't you say that first instead of giving this bully cop the right to watch the video to analyze and see if the cop was right and defend your brother.

[@elcodude621]

175,000$ lawsuit.

[@drewspencer4575]

First of all, how can a state get a law on the books that is in direct violation of the first amendment ? Freedom of speech trumps saying a bad ( obscene) word in public right? It would be different to threaten someone with violence . Possibly disturbing the peace if he was screaming at the top of his lungs . That law should be re written with some more clarity.

[@OfficerNaeNae]

States pass unconstitutional laws all the time and attentive constituents catch it and sue. Politicians sometimes think we, the people, don’t monitor what they’re doing to ensure it’s constitutional. The legislature in Vermont definitely needs to write a better, more specific violation as this current law seems unconstitutional

[@kevinconnelly3662]

The second stop illegal detention as well as the first As freedom of 1 st ammendment The cop was but hurt and has no business being a cop.

[@georgecraytin9838]

It sounds like you think it would be ok for cop to make it up or to just lie to get what he wants

[@OfficerNaeNae]

Really? Did you watch the entire video and miss out on how I call out the cop and explain it wasn’t a reasonable arrest?

[@georgecraytin9838]

@@OfficerNaeNae Yes you mentioned it in passing . Would seem to me that it was not just a inconvenience but he broke the law. Might of mentioned how he should be punished and fired for his sheer stupidity.

[@tonyrussell6846]

Lesson here I think is if you leave the house in a Foul mood maybe do your best to avoid the police... Just saying.

[@boogin77]

Houston vs Hill