 For complete details, please visit OptimaTaxRelief.com. A hand gesture leads to a big settlement in a First Amendment case. CBS's Jim Cressula explains. Vermont has agreed to pay $175,000 in the case of a man who was charged with a crime for giving a state trooper the middle finger during a traffic stop in 2018. The incident prompted legal action by the American Civil Liberties Union on the behalf of Gregory Bombard.