Follow-up: Suspect located in the "F**k Trump" bumper sticker fiasco

[TexasTowelie]

Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls on Wednesday created a social media firestorm with a Facebook post threatening to bring disorderly conduct charges against the driver of a truck displaying a profane anti-Trump message on its rear window.

Nehls told the Houston Chronicle that he had received calls, texts and emails in recent days from people who took offense at the language in bold, white lettering: "F--- TRUMP AND F--- YOU FOR VOTING FOR HIM."

The sheriff, a Republican who is weighing a bid for Congress shared a photo on his official Facebook page in hopes that it would help to identify the truck owner. The license plate is not visible in the image.

Update: The photo has now been taken down. The sheriff's office released this statement on Thursday afternoon:

"The Sheriff made the post on his Personal page. The objective of the post was to find the owner/driver of the truck and have a conversation with them in order to prevent a potential altercation between the truck driver and those offended by the message. Since the owner of the truck has been identified, the Sheriff took down the post. Due to the hate messages he has been receiving towards his wife and children, the Sheriff will not be commenting on the matter further."

Turns out, a woman who identified herself as the driver said she used to work for Nehls in the county jail.

Read more: http://www.mrt.com/neighborhood/fortbend/news/article/Sheriff-s-warning-to-F-TRUMP-truck-owner-12360280.php (Midland Reporter Telegram)

[MaryMagdaline]

1. "Conversation?"

He wanted to have a conversation???????
Abuse of power. Total disqualification.

[Sneederbunk]

2. Where can we get these stickers for our own use?

[kentauros]

7. I've read somewhere that it was custom-made.

What it looks like to me is nothing more than vinyl sign-lettering. Go to any sign shop and tell them what you want made. They may or may not take your business, considering the content, so you may have to shop around.

Measure the vertical space where it's going to be placed, and then you can work out the sizes of the letters. My guess from looking at the lettering and the space in which it fits is that the first line is maybe 8". After that, the letters decrease progressively, so maybe 6", 5", and 4", respectively.

You can do it yourself, if you go to a hobby shop and get the lettering. Then you have to set the letters up on lightweight boards with low-tack tape so that the lettering adhesive is up. That allows you to affix a whole line of text in place, and with everything lining up perfectly.

[gibraltar72]

3. If there is

a bigger group of assholes than sheriffs I don't want to meet them!

[lkinwi]

4. It sounded like a threat, not a conversation.

[PubliusEnigma]

5. In Trump's America, things are decided in the Court of Public Opinion

Not a Court of Law.

There is a disturbing trend among law enforcement to take their case to Facebook and let the mob rule instead of actually prosecuting the law.

In a recent local case, an employee at a fast food restaurant refused to serve some police officers. These officers were served by another employee, but they wanted to get the first employee fired. When the manager refused to fire the person, the Chief of Police posted the whole thing on Facebook and led a boycott of the restaurant. Once the restaurant owners started seeing posts of "I'll never eat at xxx again!!", they quickly fired the employee.

This is not legal. But it is how things are handled in Trump's America.

[blueinredohio]

6. I didn't like the Hillary for prison stickers and shirts but I didn't call the sheriff

[Gothmog]

8. For this thread

[Gothmog]

9. Owner of 'F--- Trump' truck, attorney threaten civil rights lawsuit over dispute with sheriff

I know both Rep. Reynolds and Brian Middleton. This will be fun to watch http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/fortbend/news/article/Owner-of-F-Trump-truck-attorney-threaten-12371570.php?ipid=happening

Karen Fonseca, the owner of a white truck at the center of a social media dispute with Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls, is considering a civil rights lawsuit against the sheriff's office.

Fonseca's attorney, Brian Middleton, made the announcement during a press conference on Monday. Middleton added that the American Civil Liberties Union has also expressed interest in a possible lawsuit.

The threat of legal action stems from controversy over a Facebook post Nehls made on Wednesday, Nov. 15, regarding Fonseca's truck, which bears a sticker that reads "F--- Trump and f--- you for voting for him."