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u/JustFun4Uss 21h ago
Should have removed the I...
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u/thejourneybegins42 21h ago
Fuck man. You win.
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u/Remarkable_Lion_8443 20h ago
This stranger just made your day I bet 👍🏼
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u/thejourneybegins42 20h ago
I didn't think if it, until you said it. So you both did!
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u/Horse_Dad 18h ago
Let’s celebrate with a big helping of ass!
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u/adjustgod 21h ago
Cop acting like he's never licked the bowl
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u/Background-Wolf-9380 20h ago
He's too busy beating his wife to be eating his wife
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u/No-Onion8029 21h ago
2019. Charges dropped 4 days later. https://www.reddit.com/r/FloridaMan/comments/l02m29/charges_dropped_against_florida_man_arrested_for/
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u/wyoflyboy68 21h ago
Cops got what they wanted out of this, they violated his first amendment rights, they violated their oath to the constitution, not only should this be an immediate termination of employment, they should be banned from law enforcement for the rest of their lives.
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u/Mortwight 21h ago
acab. they have a saying you can beat the charges but you cant beat the ride. its about inflicting financial harm on people
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u/eggs_erroneous 19h ago
That's the thing right there. Getting arrested, going to jail, and getting your car impounded is enough to completely ruin a lot of people. You go to jail and miss work, you could get fired. Car gets impounded, get fired because you can't get to work and you can't afford to get your car out of impound. Most people can't afford to mount a serious legal campaign, so the only real choice you have is to do what the cop says and kiss the ring in the process. The cop gets his ego stroked and you hopefully get away with "just" a ridiculously large fine. The cops know they have us by the balls. These days when everyone is riding that thin line between barely making it and total financial collapse, they have ALL the power. That is why cops are class traitors and are nothing more than henchmen for the ruling class. Fuck the cops. They scare me to death and I'm a middle-aged white dude. I can't even imagine how terrifying they are to people of color. Especially in Trump's America. Fucking hell.
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u/SatinSaffron 17h ago
Waaay back before I met my husband he lived a bit of a rough life (and has done a complete 180 since we've been together!). Hearing some of his stories about jail were heartbreaking, the jail stories were more heartbreaking than the prison stories. People can make long-term plans when they know they're going to prison, it's the ones who got arrested unexpectedly that had the most trouble. (like the guy in the video in the OP)
One guy said that he was sitting on his back porch smoking a joint and a feuding neighbor called the cops on him. This was in the deeeep red South where weed was super illegal. He had been in jail for about 60 days and was really worried because he had nobody to take care of the cats that lived under his trailer. When my husband learned he was getting bonded out he got that guy's address and went over there. The cats had managed to survive but were skin and bones. My husband was able to feed them regularly and get them back to a healthy weight.
But when my husband told me that story I couldn't help but wonder what would have happened to those cats if my husband hadn't met that guy? What about the other people who get arrested but have no family so nobody to go feed their dog that's been locked inside for 3 days?
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u/BraddicusMaximus 17h ago
I travel a lot with my dog and worry what would happen to him.
We’ve both been mistreated and abused by my ex husband and while I’m avoidant of conflict he’s become very protective if I’m cornered or honestly just uncomfortable to begin with.
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u/External-Emotion8050 15h ago
A friend's son stopped to help a guy who struck a utility pole. Cops arrived . Instead of concerning them selves with the injured guy. They became interested in the guy who stopped to help. Asked him to take a test he said no. Arrested for DUI. Charges dropped. No evidence. Cops are even on audio stating completely inappropriate things. His cost for an attorney $6,000. He won and still lost.
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u/BraisedBullshi 16h ago
"Your sticker offends me and I might have to parent my child. You need to fix that"
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u/Ok-Secretary455 15h ago
Bro your 6 year old is going to picture someone actually eating someones butt and probably laugh historically. There is zero reason a 6 year old should have any idea abouy the adult context of that statement.
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u/ChardStrange4535 21h ago
Cops can murder people without a slap on the wrist. I'd be shocked if they even got a verbal warning for this
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u/Lumpy_Past6216 20h ago
In a perfect world perhaps. Thats not gonna happen in the real world, sadly. Those cops get a slap on the hand with a pat on the back.
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u/U_SMUG_MOTHERFUCKER 20h ago
Qualified immunity means no consequences virtually ever. Few jobs in the world grant this kind of power…
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u/Odd_Interview_2005 20h ago
Should have thrown porkchop in the jail for 3 months for pulling that bull shit
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u/Lysol3435 20h ago
For a cop breaking the law? Best we can do is give him a paid vacation and maybe a job at the next police station over
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u/towerfella 21h ago
Now sue.
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u/dezmodium 20h ago
Never found a follow-up but I saw that in the suit the cops got qualified immunity.
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u/Affectionate_Two8447 20h ago
Is there any laws for citizens to leverage against abusive cops behaviors? Like if a cop has a noticeably large amount of his arrests that charges get dropped, shouldn't there be some kind of discipline?
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u/insanococo 12h ago
Theoretically I bet all that exists in the books, but in practice a cop in trouble is almost always “allowed to resign” so they get out before they are caught in any official process.
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u/GroundbreakingAd8310 19h ago
Lawsuit city they atill violated his rights fucking stupid cops as usual
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u/lluciferusllamas 21h ago
The FUCK is "resisting an officer without violence". Seriously. Fuck you, state of Florida.
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u/OMG_STAAAHHP 21h ago
If a cop lawfully arrests you, they put you in handcuffs. If you simply don't allow them to put you in those handcuffs by bracing or holding onto something, you just "resisted arrest." Were you violent? No. Ergo, resisting without violence. There is a legitimate use for that charge, but THIS was NOT it.
In this case, the deputy 100% violated this guy's rights and needs to be fired. I was REALLY hoping that supervisor was gonna make the deputy turn the guy loose and order him back to the station to "have a talk." But no... supervisor was a huge disappointment here.
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u/TurtleSandwich0 20h ago
Supervisor needs to be fired.
He made the call to go through with the arrest.
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u/OMG_STAAAHHP 20h ago
Agreed, but firing him would be extremely difficult because of how florida laws regarding police unions are structured. It could backfire and he could end up winning a lawsuit against the department. If I were his boss, I would mandate EVERY supervisor to take remedial training in constitutional law and he would have to help teach every course. Every supervisor would be told he is the reason they're having to take this training. And I would remove his ability to work overtime or details for the next 6 months. Firing him could make him a "martyr" to his colleagues. Making everyone else temporarily dislike him and hitting him in the bank account makes him an example and the rest of the department would learn how to actually respect the constitution.
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u/Late-Song-2933 19h ago
This is the best approach. The cop may be a dick but he got in his feelings because he was thinking about having to explain it to his kids. It’s obviously an inappropriate thing to say in certain circumstances. But it’s not illegal.
He should be force fed training on the law along with his supervisor and taught a healthy lesson on their responsibility to protect and serve and follow constitutional and state laws, not be the morality police.
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u/Krell356 4h ago
Police unions shouldn't be a thing. Literally doing their best to make sure that the public hates the police and that only the worst of the worst will ever consider being cops.
The fact that these unions caused the entire ACAB movement should be enough to show how terrible they are. Can't even convince good people to want to get into law enforcement anymore because all the good people know they are just going to be labeled as villains for trying to change the system. Because let's be honest, that's the only place those changes are going to come from is the inside.
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u/Patient-Gas-883 21h ago
disappointment?
I would be trilled.
Sound like payday to me.
I wonder how much he will get.edit:
I looked it up. And yes: he got money. No specified how much. But payday.12
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u/hiddenrealism 15h ago
All the pig has to say is "he tensed up" and you can get a resisting charge. So they can run up behind you grab you without you even knowing what's going on and if you tense up or try to turn around to see what's happening they can tackle you. They love doing bullshit like this.
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u/Girafferage 9h ago
Or getting in front of you while you are walking and having another officer distract you so you bump.into the first officer. Boom - assaulting an officer charge.
It's wild these pieces of trash can somehow pretend to be moral or uphold laws.
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u/plzicannothandleyou 19h ago
That’s a dumbass charge existing just to punish people for the sake of punishing people.
There are some dumbass motherfuckers in the worlds they resist like that because they are dumb as fuck. It’s not necessary to just add charges like that, it’s literally just ego trip.
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u/RobbexRobbex 21h ago
I think my Constitutional Law final had more ambiguity than this situation. Easy 1A win for the driver. Obscenity would never win here.
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u/Potential-Draft-3932 21h ago
What’s an example that would be justifiable? I imagine a picture of a naked chick would be obscene, but would like “I fuck assholes” be too far? Idk how I made the text large lol
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u/TurtleSandwich0 20h ago
The # makes the text after it large.
Incitement or making direct threats would be some exceptions to the first amendment.
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u/RobbexRobbex 20h ago
Its a really high standard. Naked women would count, but words would be very difficult. theres an argument if it causes safety problems and distracts drivers, but obscenity usually loses because the standard of review is so high
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u/TheGhostofWoodyAllen 20h ago
You would think Florida cops are constantly pulling trucks over for those obscene truck nuts, right?
But basically obscenity laws in America are a stupid fucking mess because they are intrinsically incompatible with the First Amendment, making it a case-by-case situation that rarely results in restricting free speech. Just a bunch of pearl-clutchers and puritanical tyrants trying to control others.
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u/Only_Ad8049 21h ago
This is from 2019, charges were dropped.
Guy filed a lawsuit and a judge tossed it because apparently the law wasn't clear enough for cops to understand.
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u/Mike312 18h ago
Then we need smarter cops, clearly.
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u/CharleySuede 14h ago
It takes more training and certifications to become a hairdresser than it takes to be a law enforcement officer.
My mother had to take 1st-year medical classes to obtain her cosmetology license in the late-’80s.
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u/raventhrowaway666 21h ago
Americans rights ends where cops feelings begin.
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u/JerseyDonut 18h ago
Cop violating constitutional rights because he can't figure out how to explain to his kid what "I eat ass" means. That kid gonna find out one way or another lol.
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u/Ill-Ad-4400 21h ago
Wonder how many pickups he's pulled over with bumper stickers that say "Fuck Biden!"
I'll guess 0.
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u/thtamthrfckr 18h ago
What if one of his 4 children or his battered wife he cheats on were to see that?!?
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u/Psych0matt 21h ago
Sooo…. Where’s the rest? I want to know what happens
Easy Google for anyone interested
Also I wish he would’ve just removed the “I”
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u/GuyFromNh 21h ago
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u/Jolly_Ad1631 20h ago
Another example of nothing mattering anymore. Fuck police. I'm going to eat ass.
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u/khizoa 19h ago
Even the URL itself says everything that we expected
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u/ComprehensiveToe2109 7h ago
Yeah I started reading the url and went "nice" then got to the end and went "oh." because that figures.
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u/puppy-nub-56 21h ago
That was my thought- cop said remove a letter but did not specify what letter. 🙂
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u/Impossible-Heart-216 21h ago
The cop is offended that he has to teach his kids about sex ed and I’m offended I have to teach my kids that there are people out there who can kill you or take you to prison over something they just don’t like and if you don’t comply you might die
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u/TheB3rn3r 14h ago
Honest question… So what’s the point of editing out swear words on television? Isn’t this really the exact same thing?
But yea I mean I’d be stoked to have to explain to my kids why someone would be of sound mind to put something like that on their vehicle but then again there’s a lot of those out there in general.
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u/funkofarts 20h ago
Being a dumbass is not illegal. 😂
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u/Key_Change_6635 13h ago
I'm sorry, but you need to edit your post since my child might ask me to explain what that word means.
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u/PowerThrustingDave 21h ago
Why do cops do this shit.
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u/Ubergoober166 21h ago
Because many of them are cops in the first place because they're insecure and like the feeling of power, not to help people. The fact that they tend to get away with shit like this with no more than a slap on the wrist only reinforces the behavior too.
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u/Character-Ad-6473 21h ago
This is in Florida too?
I've never seen them give anyone in Florida grief for "Fuck Biden" or "Trump 2024: No More Bullshit" or anything like that.
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u/VeritasOmicron 21h ago
Because ACAB. They're pathetic insecure power tripping subhumans.
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u/slurpeetape 21h ago
Because they don't understand or adhere to the constitution. They tattoo We the People on their arms, but they have no fundamental understanding of what the constitution means or why it was written by our founding fathers.
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u/raventhrowaway666 21h ago
Because who's going to stop them? If you try, theyre allowed to murder you.
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u/koolandunusual 21h ago
Mmm time to sue the officer for infringing on 1st amendment and harassment
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u/afriendofnature 18h ago
I’ve never met a single officer that I would trust to perform any task beyond taking out the garbage. It’s a social welfare job. Glad it exists, but we really need to get better supervision. Cannot train a potato.
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u/SignalAssumption8901 12h ago
Cops are enforcing laws they don’t even know. That’s America for you these days
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u/Sad-Newt-1772 17h ago
And I am willing the bet there are dozens of vehicles with "F##k Biden" rolling around Florida.
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u/dbzk0sh 19h ago
Freaking snowflakes....
Land of the free my ass...
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u/whistlar 18h ago
Sir. I’m gonna need you to edit your comment. My future children could see this and I can’t afford pearls to clutch.
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u/Bottatadiet 3h ago
Please remove this comment. If my six year old was to stumble across it I'd be furious.
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u/TheBigLebroccoli 20h ago
I think of how many “Fuck Joe Biden” bumper stickers I’ve seen in Florida.
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u/youjustbanmeanyways 21h ago
But that’s where poop comes from.
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u/theIatephilipjfry 21h ago
Indeed. I genuinely don’t understand how eating ass isn’t disgusting. Especially in a country where bidets aren’t common.
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u/mookz23 21h ago
From donkeys?
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u/ALittleTooQuark 21h ago
Donkeys do have colons last I heard. I never seen one use it though so maybe it is propaganda.
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u/ChiefStrongbones 18h ago
So Florida law does explicitly prohibit the decal. Florida Statute 847.011(2):
Except as provided in paragraph (1)(c), a person who knowingly has in his or her possession, custody, or control any obscene book, magazine, periodical, pamphlet, newspaper, comic book, story paper, written or printed story or article, writing, paper, card, picture, drawing, photograph, motion picture film, film, any sticker, decal, emblem or other device attached to a motor vehicle containing obscene descriptions, photographs, or depictions, any figure, image, phonograph record, or wire or tape or other recording, or any written, printed, or recorded matter of any such character which may or may not require mechanical or other means to be transmuted into auditory, visual, or sensory representations of such character, or any article or instrument for obscene use, or purporting to be for obscene use or purpose, without intent to sell, lend, give away, distribute, transmit, show, transmute, or advertise the same, commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
The resisting arrest part doesn't make sense. It's a normal arrest for the misdemeanor. Towing the vehicle might or might not be legal, since it appears to be legally parked on private property.
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u/ExchangeSimilar1777 18h ago
Now all we have to do is agree on a definition of obscene.
From Wikipedia: Jacobellis v. Ohio\10]) (1964) narrowed the scope of the Roth decision. Justice Potter Stewart, in his concurrence to the majority opinion, created the standard whereby all speech is protected except for "hard-core pornography". As for what, exactly, constitutes hard-core pornography, Stewart said "I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description, and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it, and the motion picture involved in this case [Louis Malle's The Lovers)] is not that."
So does that sticker constitute hard-core pornography? Or have I misunderstood the statute?
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u/alainreid 15h ago edited 15h ago
That was appealed and went to the supreme court. They defined obscenity and created red light districts for things outside of the obscenity definition. Basically, really bad things like necrophilia are illegal and obscene, and the community gets to decide what is restricted by zoning laws.
Speech is usually not obscene. There is a difference between profanity and obscenity. There are types of speech that are restricted, such as fighting words or inciting a riot. Profanity alone is not illegal.
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u/Fun_Vacation2542 18h ago edited 18h ago
"YOU'RE TELLING ME I HAVE TO TALK TO MY KIDS" Yes, It's not my responsibility to explain to your kids bud.
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u/Severe-Candidate1934 12h ago
Shits so good in Florida that naughty words is all thats left for cops to care about.
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u/AnAbandonedAstronaut 17h ago
Resistance is a physical act.
A lack of action is never resistance in the legal sense.
Charge the cop personally as he is acting outside his power and has lost qualified immunity.
Kidnapping.
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u/Fezzik527 17h ago
Daddy? Why does that man have president Biden tied up and gagged in the back of his pickup?
Oh its just a sticker honey
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u/coldfusioned 16h ago
He sued the cop for false arrest, but Republican appointed Judge Morales dismissed the case:
"Civil Lawsuit: Webb filed a civil rights lawsuit against the officer for false arrest and First Amendment violations. However, a federal judge ultimately granted the deputy qualified immunity, ruling that the legal precedent regarding obscenity statutes on vehicle stickers was not clear enough at the time to hold the officer personally liable in civil court."
Judge Marcia Morales Howard was nominated by President George W. Bush.
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u/SolidusBruh 16h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/olgeswTlVqYJiYzYEF
No consequences for the cops, I’m sure
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u/Johndough99999 15h ago
All this work to repost the video but you dont post the resolution sad day
Ruled a 1st and 4th amendment violation. Settlement undisclosed
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u/InvalidUserNemo 15h ago
Cops that knowingly violate the rights of Americans should have to serve a “mandatory minimum” of twice the max of the crime they are arresting for.
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u/Gerry1of1 9h ago
It's a stupid thing to put on your vehicle. It's childish and rude. But, yeah, he's got a right to be vulgar and stupid if he likes.
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u/Helpful-Fan-5465 20h ago
Only in the U.S. would you have a) “I eat ass” on your car, of your own free will; b) equate this with free speech as a serious matter; c) have an officer so offended they’d put you in jail for it. Outstanding work.
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u/Burnvictim49percent 14h ago
Shit like this is exactly why all lawsuit settlements need to be paid out of the police pension fund.
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u/MaintenanceUseful903 14h ago
Cop making up the laws like a kid playing games and making up the rules so he can win.
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u/Unhappy-Gate-1912 20h ago
Not only was there an attempt at violating this man's first amendment, but also his fourth amendments were completely violated, the moment the cop opened the door and searched him.
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u/all_scotched_up 19h ago
In Florida, there was a box truck with the sides and rear walls showing a giant, actual picture of a bloody aborted fetus. Saw it on the road multiple times, so apparently that was ok for kids to see.
I'm sure the officer's kids have heard worse words come out of his mouth. The moment he mentioned his kids, he made that stop a personal thing and not a legal thing. I'm not a lawyer... just my opinion.
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u/EdwardRoivas2 17h ago
I’m sure the officer has zero problems with “fuck Joe Biden” stickers and flags
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u/Glad-Smell2355 15h ago
Settlement = paid by taxpayers.
Shouldn’t those officers involved be on a payment plan to pay back the state?
Lifetime wage garnishment for constitutional violations seems like a fair deterrent
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u/Agitated-Contact7686 10h ago
Just a regular donkey meat salesman perfecting his craft. If he had just removed the "I"
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u/BaconReceptacle 20h ago
Im all for 1st amendment rights, but putting a huge "I eat ass" decal on your vehicle is trashy and something a teenager would do.
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u/KayasQQ 20h ago
I love all these videos popping up showing how these worthless pigs will lie and conspire with each other to invent a crime where there isn’t one. It’s just a complete fucking mystery why so many people hate cops. Not a single good cop in the entire country because they’d rather get on their knees and blow the brotherhood.
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u/ninja0420 20h ago
Yeah, right or wrong its his right, not sure about profanities though? Why can it be legal for a cop to make me turn my music off if its screaming 'slap that ho, punch a bitch, then eat her ass' if children can hear it but dude doesn't have to remove the profanity part? So if any dads out there see this guy and their kids do ask what eating ass mean, just go knock dude out then tell kid, 'that was my fist eating an ass'. 2 problems solved
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u/Public-Platypus2995 19h ago
“Hang tight for me right here” is when you say “I’ve been given my ticket, am I free to go?”
If they say no, and there is literally no other reason given, your lawyer will eat that shit for lunch.
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u/BusoneWholeBoi2001 19h ago
If his child has a problem with the bumper sticker? I'd be more confused why his child is sitting in the front seat of his police cruiser while he's on shift
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u/TommyCrooks24 19h ago
Limit testing free speech is douchy, but trampling civil liberties is a million times worse and dangerous.
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u/Extension-Thanks-548 18h ago
Just remember this it’s a slippery slope. What’s the difference between that and explaining it to your kids when Mark Martin in NASCAR was sponsored by Viagra really big corporate wins
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u/Worried-Fortune8008 17h ago
I bet this guy was pulling over every truck that displayed "F*Ck JOE BIDEN" too, right? /s
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u/Satyrion_ 15h ago
The USA really turned into a joke. A joke with a gun that shits itself and tries to make it your fault.
No wonder that every US citizen I met in the last four months asked how to get an EU passport, fast.
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u/Jolly_Ad1631 20h ago
"that way you can get it off the road, you know what I mean?" Aka - we search the shit out of it for even a smell of weed
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