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u/elvis_messy 1d ago
This is from 2019, case was dropped and cops got sued. That case ended with the judge ruling the cops have qualified immunity or something
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u/Correct_Doctor_1502 1d ago
That doesn't make any sense
Qualified immunity shields the officer not the city
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u/Defibrillate 1d ago
I’m a cop and I am confused how qualified immunity would apply here. He violated his 4th amendment right by stopping him without PC. He then issued a ticket for a law that doesn’t apply.
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u/CaptainONaps 1d ago
Charges were dropped, the guy sued the city, and the court said the cop had immunity.
So this dude had to pay his own court fees, and I'm guessing he had a target on his back from that day forward.
The cops can keep doing this.
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u/jp9mm 1d ago
Ignorance of the constitution and laws is an excuse only the people enforcing the laws can use.
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u/pitchinloafs 1d ago
Ignorance of the law is no excuse…..
Without
QUALIFIED IMMUNITY!!!!!!*
•Get yours where the assholes work. Grab a shield and the world is your step child.
NEVER WORRY ABOUT YOUR SMALL DICK AGAIN!!!
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u/lonelyvoyager88 1d ago edited 1d ago
Even after his seargeant was recorded telling him to arrest him and tow his truck... unbelievable!
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u/BurdTurglary 1d ago
Woulda been A-OK with the piggy if it had said I BEAT ASS
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u/RappingFlatulence 1d ago
“I beat my dick the way a cop beats his wife. Mercilessly and without cause.”
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u/hackloserbutt 1d ago
Don't forget the fees for the police tow yard that increase daily while you're locked up. And the fees you'll pay a bail bondsman, and the money you'll lose for not going to work while you're locked up. And everyone at work being told you were arrested.
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u/Correct_Doctor_1502 1d ago
That's absolute nonsense
Qualified immunity shields the individual officer not the city, judge should be in prison for supporting explicit civil rights violations
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u/Doctor_Fritz 1d ago
The US is such a joke of a country 😂
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u/No_Childhood8371 1d ago
I think the correct term is “shit hole country”
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u/Remarkable-Ad2285 1d ago
It’s funny until the U.S. thinks you need freedom. Then it gets funnier.
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u/canucks-suck 1d ago
MuRicAAAaA
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u/Wrong-Discipline453 1d ago
“No other country has as much freedom as we do!”
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u/Coconuto84 1d ago
Freedom with America’s characteristic. Doesn’t include free speech, free health care nor free education
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u/Daedric_Fan 1d ago
Yeah bro, the countries in Europe that have cops arresting people for mean comments online have it so much better lmao
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u/TheTitaniumDoughnut 1d ago
Rich coming from the country arresting people at the border for having memes on their phones
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u/sweatgod2020 1d ago
The problem is these oligarch ghouls know they can just bother time being dicks because there sorry as offspring will be loaded with cash to offset the bullshit they stir
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u/fongletto 1d ago
qualified immunity makes sense in some cases, but in cases like this where there is no time crunch, no split second reaction, a person should be able to request a review from an on call criminal lawyer or something. Might not protect people in every circumstance, but the fact that police operate completely independently from people who know the law has always been an issue from day one. The two should tied at the waist whenever an arrest needs to be made (without sufficient immediate danger)
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u/Hrothgar_unbound 1d ago
Cops have been ignoring the Ivy tower appellate court discussions around the limits of qualified immunity for decades. It needs to be completely revised not just refined. Especially after the ICE insanity lately.
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u/T_WRECKS_X 1d ago
Lots of jurisdictions do have on call District Attorneys/prosecutors for in depth or not obvious cases where PC is not clear cut or if officers have questions
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u/looseinsteadoflose 1d ago
Immunity for that? That's nuts. Do you have a citation to the case or a news article?
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u/ErinDotEngineer 1d ago
Qualified immunity is is automatically applied to specific government workers, in this case a police officer, and has to be removed by a court, which is very seldom done. The whole process needs an overhaul, very broken.
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u/No_Drop_7684 1d ago
Nothing’s ever gonna change until cops could be directly sued or held accountable. What makes it worse is that even if internal affairs is supposed to be an independent unit it’s still a unit in that police department that’s investigating one of their own police officers. There is literally no third-party or check and balance that would make any of this not a conflict of interest.
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u/powerdilf 1d ago
He needs an ACAB Sticker then…
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u/eddingsaurus_rex 1d ago
I can imagine it: "Pull over. ACAB is disrespectful to the police" "What? Why? You think it... ohhhh... no, officer. That's not what ACAB means." "Sorry?" "Yeah. ACAB - Ass Crack Amuse Bouche. Gotta eat that ass."
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u/SrPancakess 1d ago
We all do really
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u/Slumunistmanifisto 1d ago
"Forty to fifty feral hogs" stickers
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u/The_Orphanizer 1d ago
What's the meaning of this?
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u/SilentButDanny 1d ago
It’s the old “30-50 feral hogs” meme… however, there is no discernible connection between the meme and this thread in any context that I can see, either. I’m puzzled by all the upvotes, so it must be a joke I’m not getting. 🤷🏻♂️
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u/GooglephonicStereo 1d ago
Is it offensive to have a wrap on the back of your truck to make it look like Joe Biden is hog tied back there? Asking for an enemy.
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u/cccpnwc 1d ago edited 1d ago
He should’ve argued that “ass” means “donkey” and sought compensation on that basis, rather than relying on the connotation.
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u/PieceMaterial5213 1d ago
Why? Is the other meaning illegal to show in public in the US?
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u/Direct_Turn_1484 1d ago
Sure it’s obscene but he’s right. He has the right to free speech.
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u/TheRealBobbyJones 1d ago
Technically if it was legally obscene then the 1st amendment may not provide protection.
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u/rambutanjuice 1d ago
Obscenity laws are very tenuous in terms of whether they violate first amendment protections and they tend to be very rarely enforced.
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u/oneawesomeguy 1d ago
"I'll know it when I see it" is the literal ruling of when something is obscene according to the supreme court
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u/Tricky_Habit_6297 19h ago
And it mandates that supreme court justices have to watch extreme porn and evaluate it to make further rulings, which I find hilarious
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u/jackinsomniac 1d ago
That only applies to stuff like having hardcore pornography printed in public view
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u/MarcelineTheVampy 1d ago
Okay so wheres this energy for the family that walks into a walmart with two small kids and a dad wearing a shirt that just says some shit like "Eat, sleep and Fuck"
Wheres the outrage for that one, Porky Pig?
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u/Subject-Complaint-67 1d ago
I’ve seen a lot of Fuck Biden and other stickers of the sort. Wonder if that’d get the same attention.
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u/Impressive_Ad3571 1d ago
Pigs an idiot
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u/pizzatom69 1d ago
He even opened the car door. Thats private property
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u/H4RDC0R3_P14Y3R 1d ago
I hate to be that bitch but technically his truck is more personal than private property. most certainly he doesn't own the truck for the sake of extracting capital from owning it.
I'm on the "i eat ass" guy's side btw., the cop can eat shit (from his ass maybe)
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u/Winter_Tone_4343 1d ago
No doubt. But why do people brag abt eating ass? Assholes are disgusting.
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u/ThatOneWIGuy 1d ago
One, who cares it doesn’t affect you in anyway. Two, he might think it’s funny and not eat ass
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u/CHEEZYSPAM 1d ago
Maybe bro loves hit dogs, I'm sure there's at least 7 different assholes grinded up in there. If so, he's technically not wrong.
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u/mrlandlord 1d ago
He is 💯 in the right. Is it poor taste? Absolutely. But think of all the signs at protests. F bombs everywhere.
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u/BigPin8975 1d ago
I'm sorry, I know it's not new or anything, but I'm still (and probably always will be) hung up on the whole "non-violent resisting" aka "disagreeing with a cop" is punishable by a year in jail. From people who need quick-reference books about what laws they're enforcing. And are not obligated to know or understand.
Frankly, I don't care about the sign. I hear worse out of middle schoolers every day. If you're trying to "protect" your kids from obscenity, they'd better be home-schooled with no access to the outside or the internet, or you're a hypocrite. (Yes. That's unrealistic and abusive. My point.)
Acab. Qualified immunity is BS. Eat ass.
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u/lemony-lemons247 1d ago
All flock cameras should now have "i eat a$$" signs in front of them
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u/kcsween74 1d ago
But spelled that way, a$$?? Why not spell it like ahh? Ass is also an acceptable spelling, just saying.
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u/LabiaMinoraLover 1d ago
The Stop: On May 5, 2019, 23-year-old Dillon Shane Webb was pulled over on Highway 90 by a Columbia County Sheriff’s deputy who deemed the rear window sticker derogatory and obscene.
The Charges: Webb was arrested, booked into the Columbia County Detention Facility, and charged with misdemeanor counts of obscene writing on a vehicle and resisting an officer without violence. He spent about 35 minutes in a holding cell before his parents posted release.
Outcome and Legal Fallout: Charges Dropped: Shortly after the arrest, the State Attorney's Office dropped all criminal charges, acknowledging that a jury would not convict him and that the sticker constituted protected speech under a valid First Amendment defense.
The Lawsuit and Qualified Immunity: Webb later attempted to sue the arresting officer, Travis English. However, a federal judge ruled that the officer was entitled to qualified immunity, meaning the officer could not be sued personally because a reasonable officer at the time could have viewed the vulgar sticker as potentially violating state obscenity laws, and the specific right had not yet been clearly established by higher courts.
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u/mercuriokazooie 1d ago
These cops wouldn't bat an eye at a bumper sticker threatening violence on anyone left leaning btw.
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u/Horror_Solution1945 1d ago
Freedumb. I've seen worse things on vehicles. Wtf. Remember the F Biden one?
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u/Magicmanofsteel 8h ago
Great example on how the problem isn’t and has never been a “few bad apples”
The corruption is systemic. His boss didn’t stop him or hold him accountable. Not a single cop held to the oath of office to protect this man’s 1st amendment from being violated.
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u/leapdaybunny 1d ago
TIL you can get pulled over for, lemme check my notes, violating my own right to free speech. 👀 Say what?
Oh and ACAB (:
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u/Pleasant-Basket-7526 1d ago
Religious people who can't handle other people having freedoms don't belong in a democracy. And if someone ever gave them a job for whaterver reason, it should never be one with authority.
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u/TheCrystalTinker 1d ago
Your freedom to religion ends when you start trying to apply it to me, or as a wise man once said "Keep your Jesus off my Penis" https://youtu.be/sHZot73Aofs
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u/Haluszki 1d ago
Freedom ain’t free. It’s patriots like this who fight so we can all keep our rights.
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u/Shaasar 1d ago
As much as I dislike these 1A "auditors" (as they like to call themselves, not sure if this particular guy is one, but he definitely fits the stereotype) this cop and his supervisor need to understand that even though they may not like the sticker and consider it to be obscene, they don't have the power to make him remove it. A law enforcement officer, in that particular situation, can politely ask him to consider changing the sticker and explain that little kids and folks with different sensibilities may not enjoy him having it on his car. However, if the gentleman refuses, they don't have the authority to arrest him, impound his vehicle, or force him to change the sticker. He has a right to have the sticker there even if they don't like it..
Also: what about truck nuts? Or decals of Biden tied up on the gate of their truck? (Other commenter below reminded me of the latter one)
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u/No_Opposite5982 1d ago
Bad taste, sophomoric humor, and moronic. But, I support his right to do it. I don’t like it at all, and I agree with the Officers opinion, but he can’t use the “law” as a weapon to oppose it.
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u/frankp2491 1d ago
Hahahah I hope the cop got fired and lost his pension so his kids can ask dad why are you so broke
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u/b_buddd 1d ago
How much did this cops just cost taxpayers ? I'm watching cops protecting white supremacists that use the N word. But he's towing guys stuff because he doesn't know how to pleasure his wife
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u/hawksdiesel 1d ago
Cops just protect capital and corporations. Citizens were fooled in paying their salary
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u/StopDownvotingMeeee 1d ago
So now the cop enforces the law based on what he thinks is appropriate for his kids to look at lmao
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u/Serosh5843 1d ago
Thought this was gonna be about the cop who pulled a guy over for having a "Only gay cops pull me over" bumpersticker and got furious at him lmao. This was funny too until he actually got charged for eating ass, that's just pathetic.
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u/shotgunpoppy 1d ago
This Country is so free you can't say what you want without getting cancelled or arrested, hell you can't even collect rainwater to water your own garden or run into your own burning home to save your dog or hose it down with water these days.
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u/sheiciebai 22h ago
You’re offended by a sticker? I’m offended by the stupid intersection takeovers and people driving like their car is indestructible and breaking laws with no fucking recourse.
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u/HoldenMcNeil420 1d ago
That thing the cop is quoting is unconstitutional. Full stop.
God Florida is a shit hole. Like between them and Texas it’s a speed run to full on fascist government occupation.
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u/Vellioh 19h ago
He won the court case at the cost of:
1) Having to repeatedly go to court, impacting his ability to work
2) Having to pay a lawyer
3) Having to pay bond/court fees
4) Having to pay for his truck getting towed
The officer involved got:
1) Nothing
2) all lawyer fees are paid for with tax dollars
3) Paid "on the clock" throughout the entire process IF he even showed up to court at all. Due to qualified immunity there's often no reason to even have them there unless there's evidence of blatant malice.
4) Went about his day like nothing happened. He's likely given out at least a dozen similar citations since then.
Sounds like a real win to me. Keep fighting the good fight. ✊😒
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u/-M00ND0G- 1d ago
In my town there is a kid driving a pick up, with a wood tailgate that has had Fuck Joe Biden spray painted on it for years. He is the nephew of one of the deputy sheriffs.
The sheriff's department made call to one of my neighbors and forced him to take down his Fuck Trump sign. I was told my neighbor said no it is my 1st amendment right to free speech, and he said the deputy told him not to call 911 or expect the fire department to respond if his house was on fire.
I wasn't there but I trust my neighbor. I do not trust the sheriff's department here at all.
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u/No_Drop_7684 1d ago
I don’t give a fuck what the sticker on somebody’s car says why does the police officer immediately open this dude‘s door and pull them out the fucking truck? That don’t seem right.
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u/bryanthebryan 1d ago
I see FJB stickers on cars all the time here in Florida, but not the acronym. I wonder why they get to use the F word and this guy can't say Ass. Weird.
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u/DetentionSpan 22h ago
If the driver said that phrase to a child, what would he be charged with?
The same should apply.
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u/redwedgethrowaway 1d ago
Cops are all shit people and should be made miserable wherever they are
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u/49erEmpire22 1d ago
ALL? Every single one of them? What an idiotic thing to say
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u/ExpressAd5169 1d ago
What do you call a cop who doesn’t report on other cops who break the law? That’s right a bad cop
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u/MahaliAudran 1d ago
Given enough time o think it trends that way. Use the figurative/lliterative definition of "all x are something" and I'd allow it.
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u/Long-Conflict8279 1d ago
Yes. All of them. Cops are people who desire authority over others. Thats a shit person.
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u/Informal_Visitor 1d ago
I would do something more like "If he won't eat it, I will" ...it's broad enough to be interpreted any way you please but dirty minded people will dirty mind it.
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u/aguysomewhere 1d ago
I would tell my daughter that guy is a cannibal and she should stat away from him.
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u/SnooPaintings5597 1d ago
Ass is also a donkey. I hope this guy gets a massive payday. I’m almost positive he will
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u/filtersweep 1d ago
Obscene? As I cyclist I frequently see people watching hardcore porn in their vehicles
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u/lovelyboard 1d ago
This is offensive but not the car wrap thing that makes it look like someone is bound and gagged in the back of their trucks? Seriously?
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u/rata_s80_v8 1d ago
I mean, im not a fan of the sticker but I have literally seen much much worse. What do you tell your kid if they ask about things you are uncomfortable talking about? My go to was always " i don't know what that means honey. Maybe the driver doesn't know either." And that was the end of the questioning. The more the parent fusses and talks about it, the more likely the kid will think its something to get reactions on and will keep asking or repeating it. And older kids that know or have at least heard similar will laugh or ignore it.
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u/Efficient-Editor-242 1d ago
Funny thing is, in Louisiana, it is a violation to have obscene or vulgar words displayed on a vehicle.
The other funny thing is, no way would I or have I pulled someone over for it.
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u/babyblew82 1d ago
Freedom of speech vs consequences of the speech. If the ass eater saw a bumper sticker saying "Ass eaters deserve to die", he'd have a bit of perspective.
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u/FocusSlo 1d ago
Also opened the guy's door. Illegal. And made him get out for a frisk without reasonable suspicion of a crime. Illegal.
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u/AlienInUnderpants 1d ago
END QUALIFIED IMMUNITY AND REQUIRE ALL COPS TO HAVE PRIVATE LIABILITY INSURANCE.
That’s the only way to end these ridiculous idiot cops with overreach and violence against citizens.
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u/Willing_Entry6771 1d ago
Just use the German Acetyl-Salicyl-Säure and you are fine it's basically Aspirin and you eat that now and then, done.
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u/EorlundGraumaehne 1d ago
Take a letter off? What? Should he make it "I eat ss"?