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?cb=1557261530LAKE CITY, Fla. Authorities say a Florida man was jailed after refusing to remove an obscene sticker from his truck's window.
The Lake City Reporter reports that 23-year-old Dillon Shane Webb was arrested Sunday and charged with misdemeanor counts of violating the state's obscenity law and resisting an officer without violence.
The Columbia County Sheriff's Office says a deputy pulled Webb over near Lake City because of a sticker that crudely described his sexual appetites. The deputy initially cited Webb for obscenity with a notice to appear in court.
Officials say the deputy then told Webb to alter the sticker to change the derogatory part, but Webb refused, citing his First Amendment right to free speech. That's when the deputy charged Webb with resisting and took him to jail.
Webb was later released on $2,500 bond. Jail records didn't list an attorney.
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/crime/florida-man-arrested-after-refusing-to-remove-obscene-sticker-from-window/77-a82d0bb3-d0d9-43e6-a90c-26b6876a7497
Takket
(21,563 posts)Soxfan58
(3,479 posts)You are what you eat.
dchill
(38,484 posts)Dr Hobbitstein
(6,568 posts)Obscenity laws are bullshit, and have no place in a free society.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)The word "ass" is defined by the person seeing or reading it. The arrested guy could have been a fan of donkey meat, or he could like biting people who are being an ass. The deputy interpreted the word and the phrase to mean one thing, which was wrong. My guess is civil liberties lawyers have that guy's phone ringing off the hook right now.
Dr Hobbitstein
(6,568 posts)If he wants to eat butthole and proudly proclaim it, its his right.
malaise
(268,976 posts)RKP5637
(67,108 posts)obamanut2012
(26,069 posts)And should.
MineralMan
(146,288 posts)No law against that I suppose.
Stupid sheriff's deputy. The word "ass" is not, in itself, obscene.
madinmaryland
(64,931 posts)LeftinOH
(5,354 posts)Yavin4
(35,438 posts)I assume.
Initech
(100,068 posts)cynatnite
(31,011 posts)But I don't really care that it's on his car.
I hope the guy fights it and wins.
csziggy
(34,136 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,333 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,648 posts)is that it makes it easier to spot the assholes. They will self-identify if we let them.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)to slip this through the courts without punishment.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)The chasm for the guy walking clean is as big as the Grand Canyon. A prudish cop overstepped boundaries. The guy is likely to get his bond money back and some more money.
I would not drive around with a sticker like that on my vehicle because of how it can be taken, even if I meant something else entirely. But I have seen a lot worse and more offensive.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)Sorry.