Florida man arrested after refusing to remove 'obscene' sticker from window

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LAKE CITY, Fla. — Authorities say a Florida man was jailed after refusing to remove an obscene sticker from his truck's window.

The Lake City Reporter reports that 23-year-old Dillon Shane Webb was arrested Sunday and charged with misdemeanor counts of violating the state's obscenity law and resisting an officer without violence.

The Columbia County Sheriff's Office says a deputy pulled Webb over near Lake City because of a sticker that crudely described his sexual appetites. The deputy initially cited Webb for obscenity with a notice to appear in court.

Officials say the deputy then told Webb to alter the sticker to change the derogatory part, but Webb refused, citing his First Amendment right to free speech. That's when the deputy charged Webb with resisting and took him to jail.

Webb was later released on $2,500 bond. Jail records didn't list an attorney.

https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/crime/florida-man-arrested-after-refusing-to-remove-obscene-sticker-from-window/77-a82d0bb3-d0d9-43e6-a90c-26b6876a7497

[Takket]

1. I've seen anti-Democrat stickers that make this look like the Pope wrote it

[Soxfan58]

2. How does the old saying go?

You are what you eat.

[dchill]

3. Pork butt. Rump roast. eom

[Dr Hobbitstein]

4. He should fight the shit out of that.

Obscenity laws are bullshit, and have no place in a free society.

[Blue_true]

8. Yeah should be a good court case.

The word "ass" is defined by the person seeing or reading it. The arrested guy could have been a fan of donkey meat, or he could like biting people who are being an ass. The deputy interpreted the word and the phrase to mean one thing, which was wrong. My guess is civil liberties lawyers have that guy's phone ringing off the hook right now.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

11. I don't even think the definition matters.

If he wants to eat butthole and proudly proclaim it, it’s his right.

[malaise]

9. On days like these I miss Pinboy3niner

[RKP5637]

21. Yep! Same here! n/t

[obamanut2012]

5. I think this is low-rent as hell, but he will fight this and win

And should.

[MineralMan]

6. The guy eats donkey meat?

No law against that I suppose.

Stupid sheriff's deputy. The word "ass" is not, in itself, obscene.

[madinmaryland]

17. At least according to George Carlin.

[LeftinOH]

7. He could just digitize the message: "I 3AT A55"

[Yavin4]

10. Species and gender neutral

I assume.

[Initech]

12. Ah, Florida Man, is there no end to your insanity?

[cynatnite]

13. That's disgusting!

But I don't really care that it's on his car.

I hope the guy fights it and wins.

[csziggy]

14. We haven't learned much since George Carlin's Seven Dirty Words

[WhiskeyGrinder]

15. Gas, grass or ass, nobody rides for free!

[Wounded Bear]

16. The up-side to the 1st Amendment right to free speech...

is that it makes it easier to spot the assholes. They will self-identify if we let them.

[Codeine]

18. Seems like there should be some kind of back door way

to slip this through the courts without punishment.

[Blue_true]

19. Back door?

The chasm for the guy walking clean is as big as the Grand Canyon. A prudish cop overstepped boundaries. The guy is likely to get his bond money back and some more money.

I would not drive around with a sticker like that on my vehicle because of how it can be taken, even if I meant something else entirely. But I have seen a lot worse and more offensive.

[Codeine]

20. It was a butt joke.

Sorry.

[RKP5637]

22. LOL!!!