Charlottetown police are noticing an uptick in the use of a pre-confederation bill called the “cool back-flip clause” to get out of misdemeanor charges. The clause states that any citizen who is still capable of a back-flip mid-arrest is to be set free on the spot.

Sir John A. MacDonald first suggested the clause during the Charlottetown conference grand-ball on the 8^th of September 1864. After MacDonald had successfully indulged in the Champaign presented to him, he did a successful back tuck pike in an attempt to distract his fellow attendees from noticing that his penis was both out and ravishing. Sir John A. succeeded in getting the nudity charges dropped due to his “innate athleticism” and as such the backflip clause has been in place ever since.

A modern use of the clause had not been seen since Prime Minister Brian Mulroney’s infamous double gainer of 88’. Mulroney’s “Olympic Caliber Display” was witnessed by a crowd around the steps of St. Dunstan’s Basilica. Mulroney reportedly attempted the feat to avoid a public urination charge, after mistaking a basin of holy water for a urinal.

Mulroney’s actions seem to have inspired a modern trend of intoxicated yet surprisingly coordinated individuals attempting backflips in handcuffs to varying amounts of success. Local rat-fuck, and genuinely terrible person Tyler Mcuttingham has even claimed to use this loophole more than once in one night telling the Gazette “I downed a handle of morgan[rum] and decided to wave my dick in some restaurant windows, that’s kind of my Friday night signature. Some cops finally pinched me after I hit a few places but thanks to my gymnastics background I’m invisible.”. A Charlottetown officer responded to the incident by simply stating “Backflips are siiiiiiick.”