Attorney Tony Rupp and the Buffalo PD have been enmeshed in civil litigation since 2016, when Rupp was ticketed after calling out, 'Turn your lights on, a------!' to an officer.
Buffalo attorney Tony Rupp told Fox News Digital he 'doesn't typically call people a------- and doesn't typically sue people.' Regardless, he's recently made international headlines for precisely those two things. Before 2016, Rupp primarily litigated personal injury cases. But a chance interaction with a police officer punctuated by a contentious vulgarity changed the trajectory of his practice and life forever.
The lieutenant refused, and Rupp was given a ticket for violating the city's noise ordinance – despite the fact that the argument took place near a buzzing local freeway. The wording of the local law outlaws noise that 'disturbs the quiet, comfort or repose of a reasonable person of normal sensitivities.
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