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I Florida cop pulls over a pickup truck with a window sticker that says I Eat Ass. The cop wrote the driver a misdemeanor citation and gave him a court date. As the officer was releasing the driver, the officer asked the driver to remove one (1) letter from the offensive sticker and the driver refused citing his 1st amendment right of free speech. After consulting with his superior officer, the patrol officer was told to arrest the driver for the offensive sticker and resisting and have the truck towed to the impound.

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[kellyhound]

no prosecution and he might sue the sheriff's office.

A Florida man arrested this week for refusing to remove a sticker on his pickup truck proclaiming that he eats ass will not be prosecuted, officials said Thursday.

Now the man is threatening to sue the sheriff's office for violating his First Amendment rights.

Dillon Shane Webb, 23, was stopped Sunday on a highway in Lake City, west of Jacksonville, by a Columbia County sheriff's deputy who saw a sticker on his rear window that read, "I EAT ASS."

Dashcam footage shows the deputy telling Webb that the reason he was pulled over was "the derogatory sticker" on the back of his truck.

"How is that derogatory?" Webb asks.

"How is it not derogatory?" the deputy responds. "Some 10-year-old little kid sitting in the passenger seat of his momma's vehicle looks over and sees 'I EAT ASS' and asks his mom what it means; how is she going to explain that?"

"That's the parent's job, not my job," Webb responded.

Webb was issued a summons for what the sheriff's deputy said was a misdemeanor violation of Florida's obscene-materials law.

Dashcam footage shows the deputy telling Webb that if one of his four children asked him about the sticker, he "would be furious."

When the deputy told Webb to remove one of the letters from the words "ASS" to read "AS," Webb refused, citing his constitutional right to free speech.

The deputy subsequently arrested Webb and charged him with the additional offense of resisting an officer without violence.

In a notice filed Thursday, prosecutors announced that they were dropping the charges against him.

"Having evaluated the evidence through the prism of Supreme Court precedent it is determined that the Defendant has a valid defense to be raised under the First Amendment of our United States Constitution," Assistant State's Attorney John Foster Durrett wrote. "Given such, a jury would not convict under these facts."

Webb's lawyer, Andrew Bonderud, told BuzzFeed News they were now considering "a number of potential claims" against the sheriff's office.

Bonderud noted that the dashcam footage shows the deputy at first telling his client that the sticker was "derogatory" instead of "obscene." He also highlighted that at several points, one of the deputy's colleagues can be heard telling him via the radio to "tow his shit."

"Not only were they wrong on the law, but they happen to be hypocrites," he said.

Bonderud said Webb's sticker "didn't satisfy the rigorous standard to be found to be obscene," which he said "typically refers to something that is erotic in nature."

"[The 'I EAT ASS' sticker] could be a euphemism for a number of things," he insisted.

"The bottom line is that he and his friends thought it would be funny," Bonderud said, "and he shouldn't end up in jail for making a joke like that."

Bonderud acknowledged that this free speech case was "unique" compared with the others he has worked on, but said Webb was heroic for fighting for his rights.

"I think it was brave of him to refuse to take down what he thought was protected speech," Bonderud said. "I think it showed courage on his part."

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Originally Posted by kellyhound ↗

no prosecution and he might sue the sheriff's office.

A Florida man arrested this week for refusing to remove a sticker on his pickup truck proclaiming that he eats ass will not be prosecuted, officials said Thursday.

Now the man is threatening to sue the sheriff's office for violating his First Amendment rights.

Dillon Shane Webb, 23, was stopped Sunday on a highway in Lake City, west of Jacksonville, by a Columbia County sheriff's deputy who saw a sticker on his rear window that read, "I EAT ASS."

Dashcam footage shows the deputy telling Webb that the reason he was pulled over was "the derogatory sticker" on the back of his truck.

"How is that derogatory?" Webb asks.

"How is it not derogatory?" the deputy responds. "Some 10-year-old little kid sitting in the passenger seat of his momma's vehicle looks over and sees 'I EAT ASS' and asks his mom what it means; how is she going to explain that?"

"That's the parent's job, not my job," Webb responded.

Webb was issued a summons for what the sheriff's deputy said was a misdemeanor violation of Florida's obscene-materials law.

Dashcam footage shows the deputy telling Webb that if one of his four children asked him about the sticker, he "would be furious."

When the deputy told Webb to remove one of the letters from the words "ASS" to read "AS," Webb refused, citing his constitutional right to free speech.

The deputy subsequently arrested Webb and charged him with the additional offense of resisting an officer without violence.

In a notice filed Thursday, prosecutors announced that they were dropping the charges against him.

"Having evaluated the evidence through the prism of Supreme Court precedent it is determined that the Defendant has a valid defense to be raised under the First Amendment of our United States Constitution," Assistant State's Attorney John Foster Durrett wrote. "Given such, a jury would not convict under these facts."

Webb's lawyer, Andrew Bonderud, told BuzzFeed News they were now considering "a number of potential claims" against the sheriff's office.

Bonderud noted that the dashcam footage shows the deputy at first telling his client that the sticker was "derogatory" instead of "obscene." He also highlighted that at several points, one of the deputy's colleagues can be heard telling him via the radio to "tow his shit."

"Not only were they wrong on the law, but they happen to be hypocrites," he said.

Bonderud said Webb's sticker "didn't satisfy the rigorous standard to be found to be obscene," which he said "typically refers to something that is erotic in nature."

"[The 'I EAT ASS' sticker] could be a euphemism for a number of things," he insisted.

"The bottom line is that he and his friends thought it would be funny," Bonderud said, "and he shouldn't end up in jail for making a joke like that."

Bonderud acknowledged that this free speech case was "unique" compared with the others he has worked on, but said Webb was heroic for fighting for his rights.

"I think it was brave of him to refuse to take down what he thought was protected speech," Bonderud said. "I think it showed courage on his part."

I totally agree with protecting our freedom of speech, but what I have a problem with now is the statute and the way it is written. If more than one officer can read the same statute, and come to the same conclusion of its interpretation, doesn’t that seem messed up that the state could overturn the law and drop the charges. To me that’s like when a child goes to one parent asking permission to do something or go somewhere and gets told “no”, but then turns around and asks the other parent and gets told “yes”. From that point on, the child is going to play the two parents against each other. In the case of the law, it needs to be written in a way where both city and state have a mutual understanding and back each other up, or rewrite the statute more specifically where there’s no confusion.

The wording of the statute (as read by the arresting officer) clearly used the the wording of “obscene descriptions”, “wording or decals”, “attached to a motor vehicle”, “misdemeanor of a 2nd degree”.

I know everything is up to interpretation, and two people can read something and get 2 totally different conclusions, but if 2 or more people read something and come to the same conclusion of its interpretation, then the law should be thrown out or rewritten. That was obviously a complete waste of time for 3 officers, a tow truck driver, a private citizen, a judge, attorney, bondsman, etc.

[Caf002]

My objection would be that the whole world should not be subjected to his disgusting freedom of speech. This is just a matter of this dude being an idiot and nothing to do with his freedom of speech. He just wants to push the envelope. So every little kid seeing this on the back on this morons truck is going to think it is ok to say such things. Then their redneck parents will say that they are expressing their freedom of speech and then where will it end?

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Originally Posted by Caf002 ↗

My objection would be that the whole world should not be subjected to his disgusting freedom of speech. This is just a matter of this dude being an idiot and nothing to do with his freedom of speech. He just wants to push the envelope. So every little kid seeing this on the back on this morons truck is going to think it is ok to say such things. Then their redneck parents will say that they are expressing their freedom of speech and then where will it end?

I tend to agree.

[Shakey]

Having been to their smelly, shithole jail before I would have removed the letter.

[iceman247]

think its totaly bullshit , the cop is an ass . but yes im not from the usa .we all drive here with stickers with we like pussy and fuck the police but here police are soft like bitches soft .

[FunkPumpkin]

Without context, one could comprehend that he consumes donkey meat. Tell that to your sheltered brat and change the subject.

What about a sticker reading "I'M PRO-ANALINGUS"... are you going to arrest me because you're illiterate and probably doesn't know what that means?

And as for eating ass, anyone who does it raw deserves to get hepatitis/dysentery.

[LouSinew]

Uptight cop in an uptight state. I live in NYC. I'm pretty sure cops here wouldn't give as fuck. They'd probably laugh at it.

[rockettemorton]

Cop clearly doesn't eat ass.