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11-17-2017, 08:18 AM
Texas sheriff goes after truck with 'F*ck Trump' on it, and now the ACLU is involved
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A window decal on a Texas pick-up truck is at the center of the latest controversy surrounding Donald Trump.
After Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls was alerted of the crude anti-Trump sticker, which reads (https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gyjnz7/a-sheriff-went-after-these-texans-for-their-fuck-trump-sticker-vgtrn): "FUCK TRUMP AND FUCK YOU FOR VOTING FOR HIM," The Houston Chronicle reported (http://www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/fortbend/news/article/Sheriff-s-warning-to-F-TRUMP-truck-owner-12360280.php#photo-14552543) he posted a warning on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/SheriffTNehls/) in hopes of identifying the owner of the vehicle and issuing disorderly conduct charges.
On Thursday afternoon, according to the Associated Press (https://apnews.com/b2a6f149e5044dedb9932f8b9fb13fdd?utm_campaign=Soci alFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP), the driver of the truck was arrested on an outstanding fraud warrant issued in July — which seems like quite a coincidence. *
The post appears to have been deleted after it was posted Wednesday, but it sparked a fair share of outrage, even gaining attention from the American Civil Liberties Union (https://www.aclu.org/) (ACLU). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/16/texas-sheriff-anti-trump-sticker/)
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A window decal on a Texas pick-up truck is at the center of the latest controversy surrounding Donald Trump.
After Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls was alerted of the crude anti-Trump sticker, which reads (https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gyjnz7/a-sheriff-went-after-these-texans-for-their-fuck-trump-sticker-vgtrn): "FUCK TRUMP AND FUCK YOU FOR VOTING FOR HIM," The Houston Chronicle reported (http://www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/fortbend/news/article/Sheriff-s-warning-to-F-TRUMP-truck-owner-12360280.php#photo-14552543) he posted a warning on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/SheriffTNehls/) in hopes of identifying the owner of the vehicle and issuing disorderly conduct charges.
On Thursday afternoon, according to the Associated Press (https://apnews.com/b2a6f149e5044dedb9932f8b9fb13fdd?utm_campaign=Soci alFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP), the driver of the truck was arrested on an outstanding fraud warrant issued in July — which seems like quite a coincidence. *
The post appears to have been deleted after it was posted Wednesday, but it sparked a fair share of outrage, even gaining attention from the American Civil Liberties Union (https://www.aclu.org/) (ACLU). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/16/texas-sheriff-anti-trump-sticker/)
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