Meet the sheriff who threatened to arrest someone for having an anti-Trump sticker on their car

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Troy E. Nehls (281-341-4704, @SheriffTNehls) is the sheriff in Fort Bend County, Texas. Troy here thinks that it’s illegal to have a “Fuck Trump” sticker on your truck, and called on the public to track down the owner so they could be threatened with a disorderly conduct charge.

“I have received numerous calls regarding the offensive display on this truck as it is often seen along FM 359,” he wrote on Facebook. “If you know who owns this truck or it is yours, I would like to discuss it with you. Our Prosecutor has informed us she would accept Disorderly Conduct charges regarding it, but I feel we could come to an agreement regarding a modification to it.”

The easily-offended Nehls, himself reportedly considering a run for political office, has a problem: the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees the right to upset the delicate feelings of public officials like him and president Trump — even if the words are naughty.

Moroever, the truck belongs to a former employee, whose wife Karen has more words for her sweet summer sheriff, and for a cop who pulled the vehicle over in hopes of finding something to charge them with.

“It’s just our freedom of speech and we’re exercising it,” she told the Houston Chronicle.

Worse for Nehls, the local district attorney, John Healey, publicly rejected his assertion a prosecution was on the cards.

https://boingboing.net/2017/11/16/meet-the-sheriff-who-threatene.html

Disgusting.

Ya. Might want to include the whole story.

Freedom of speech>your feelings

I don’t agree with the truck owner’s sticker at all, and frankly think that it’s tacky. However, it’s HIS right to display the sticker on HIS truck

Yeah no, the cop was wrong.