text:  To Vermont now, where that state has agreed to pay $175,000 to settle a lawsuit with a driver who was charged with a crime after giving a state trooper the middle finger back in 2018. The ACLU filed the lawsuit arguing Gregory Bombard's First Amendment right to free expression had been violated. Bombard was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct, spent an hour in a cell and had his car towed. He'll split the settlement with the ACLU, which says he's pleased but angry the incident