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Brickbat: Holiday Decorations

Charles Oliver | 12.5.2012 8:34 AM


Police in Denham Springs, Louisiana, ordered Sarah Henderson to take down some of her Christmas decorations. Henderson had arranged the lights on her roof to resemble a hand flipping the bird. Officers told her the lights violated state obscenity laws.

Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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