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Newfoundland Judge Rules Sexist Slur Against Reporter Was Not A Public Disturbance

The Canadian Press, 20 Feb, 2018 12:10 PM
  • Newfoundland Judge Rules Sexist Slur Against Reporter Was Not A Public Disturbance
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A judge has ruled a notorious sexist slur aimed at a reporter in St. John's, N.L., was vulgar and offensive but wasn't a crime under the circumstances.
 
Provincial court Judge Colin Flynn dismissed the single charge against 28-year-old Justin Penton of causing a public disturbance.
 
Penton acknowledged he yelled a phrase commonly abbreviated to FHITP at NTV reporter Heather Gillis last April as she taped an interview outside the St. John's dump.
 
But Flynn ruled the incident — part of a phenomenon that has plagued journalists in the United States and Canada since 2015 — did not meet legal precedents for interfering with the public peace.
 
He says something more than emotional upset and a briefly interrupted conversation would be required to constitute a criminal offence.
 
Gillis says she understands the judge has to work within the law but is disappointed in the ruling.

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