Thursday, November 16, 2017

THIS JERK IS JUST PLAIN SUICIDAL

'Fuck TRUMP' truck sticker photo goes viral, leads to search for driver

Click2Houston
November 15, 2017

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas - A photo posted on social media showing a truck sticker with an expletive directed toward President Donald Trump is going viral and prompting local law enforcement to search for the driver.

Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls posted a photo of the back of a white pickup truck with a tinted back window and a large sticker that reads, 'Fuck Trump and Fuck you for voting for him.'

Here was Nehls' caption of the photo:

"I have received numerous calls regarding the offensive display on this truck as it is often seen along FM 359. 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."

In the comments of the post, Nehls posted context about the disorderly conduct charge "(a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly: (1) uses abusive, indecent, profane, or vulgar language in a public place, and the language by its very utterance tends to incite an immediate breach of the peace; (2) makes an offensive gesture or display in a public place, and the gesture or display tends to incite an immediate breach of the peace."

KPRC2 legal analyst Brian Wice said this was a free speech issue and referred to the 1971 case of Cohen v. California. According to the case, the Supreme Court "overturned a man's conviction for the crime of disturbing the peace for wearing a jacket in the public corridors of a courthouse that displayed the phrase, 'Fuck the Draft.'"

Comments on Nehls' Facebook post were varied. Some supported his message, while others defended free speech or said the sheriff's department should focus on other high-profile crime in the community.

Nehls defended his post, commenting "It is important to respond to calls from residents, yes."

UPDATE: KPRC2 located and spoke with the driver of the truck.

Karen Forsenca said she and her husband have had the decal on their truck for almost a year.

"I thought the whole thing was totally crazy. It's been on there for such a long time and we have so much positive out of it -- more positive that outweighs the negative," Karen Fonseca said.

The mother of 12 said she and her husband stand by the stickers and don’t plan on taking them down. Forsenca said she doesn’t understand why the sheriff didn’t reach out to her, instead of posting it on Facebook.

“I mean, look, y'all don't know me and y’all found me. He could have done that at the same time, it is an invasion of privacy and everything else because he put me on blast on his Facebook Page,” explained Forsenca.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This looks like something Alec Baldwin or Rosie O’Donnell would say.

Never mind that Forsenca has had the sticker on her truck for about a yeat. This jerk better get that sign removed from her truck pronto because sooner or later some redneck Trump supporter is going to shoot her fucking ass off.

I do not believe any criminal charges will stand up in court. Back when I was a cop, some free spirits started wearing jackets and t-shirts with the words ‘Fuck You’ prominently imprinted on them. They were busted on public obscenity charges, but eventually in 1971, SCOTUS ruled that, offensive as it may be, ‘Fuck you’ is protected speech.

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