Texas sheriff says 'f--k Trump' sticker could lead to prosecution
BYCHRISTOPHER BRENNAN
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Thursday, November 16, 2017, 5:57 AM
A sheriff's post about a driver with a "f--k Trump" sticker went viral on Wednesday.
(SHERIFF TROY E. NEHLS VIA FACEBOOK)
MTA boss Joe Lhota drops the F-bomb on live mic
Social media commenters almost immediately took issue with the local lawman’s assessment, suggesting that Nehls could infringe on the driver’s free speech.
The U.S. Supreme Court in 1971’s Cohen v. California said that a law on disturbing the peace violated the Constitution when it was applied against a man who wore the phrase “f--k the draft” on a jacket.
Sheriff Troy Nehls said that the truck driver could be prosecuted under a law about inciting breaches of peace.
(SHERIFF TROY E. NEHLS VIA FACEBOOK)
A decision written by Justice John Harlan said that the words were not likely to provoke anyone to violence and that “one man's vulgarity is another's lyric.”
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Nehls later shared the Texas statute he was thinking of, which prohibits language that “tends to incite an immediate breach of the peace.”
Despite the supposed traffic jam of calls to the sheriff’s office, there have been no reports of people so incensed by the truck’s message that they resorted to violence that may actually require police attention.
Karen Fonseca told theHouston Chroniclethat her husband owns the truck, which has been pulled over by officers who could not find a reason to write a ticket.
BYCHRISTOPHER BRENNAN
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Thursday, November 16, 2017, 5:57 AM
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A sheriff's post about a driver with a "f--k Trump" sticker went viral on Wednesday.
(SHERIFF TROY E. NEHLS VIA FACEBOOK)
MTA boss Joe Lhota drops the F-bomb on live mic
Social media commenters almost immediately took issue with the local lawman’s assessment, suggesting that Nehls could infringe on the driver’s free speech.
The U.S. Supreme Court in 1971’s Cohen v. California said that a law on disturbing the peace violated the Constitution when it was applied against a man who wore the phrase “f--k the draft” on a jacket.
Sheriff Troy Nehls said that the truck driver could be prosecuted under a law about inciting breaches of peace.
(SHERIFF TROY E. NEHLS VIA FACEBOOK)
A decision written by Justice John Harlan said that the words were not likely to provoke anyone to violence and that “one man's vulgarity is another's lyric.”
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Nehls later shared the Texas statute he was thinking of, which prohibits language that “tends to incite an immediate breach of the peace.”
Despite the supposed traffic jam of calls to the sheriff’s office, there have been no reports of people so incensed by the truck’s message that they resorted to violence that may actually require police attention.
Karen Fonseca told theHouston Chroniclethat her husband owns the truck, which has been pulled over by officers who could not find a reason to write a ticket.
