But little did he know that a fourth officer who lagged behind his colleagues spotted the offending gesture and swooped in to arrest Bell, his lawyers said.
'Do you think that's funny ?' the officer said as he handcuffed Bell, according to the lawsuit.
The officers searched Bell's pockets and asked him why he had made the gesture.
'Because I don't like cops', he said, according to the lawsuit.
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Man Sues for Right to Give Cops the Finger After Village Arrest
Finally, Bloomberg reports that Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc asked a London court to approve a decision to block a $1m bonus awarded to its former head of corporate risk solutions before his dismissal.
Gary Cottle, who headed risk solutions in the investment banking division, lost his job when the unit was restructured in 2011 and refused to accept an alternative post, RBS said in court documents.
The bank is entitled to withhold the final payment of the banker's deferred bonus granted in 2009 because Cottle acted 'unreasonably' in turning down the role, according to the May filing.
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