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Sunday, February 25, 2024

Man Gets Arrested for Inappropriate Bumper Sticker | My Strange Arrest |...


In a rather peculiar legal saga, a Florida man named Dillon Shane Webb found himself in hot water due to an “I Eat Ass” bumper sticker on his vehicle. Here’s the quirky tale:

  1. The Bumper Sticker Incident:

    • In May 2019, Columbia County Sheriff’s Deputy Travis English pulled over Webb after taking offense to the eyebrow-raising bumper sticker.
    • Webb, unyielding, refused to censor the sticker on the spot.
    • As a result, his vehicle was searched, and he was arrested and booked in jail for “obscene writing on vehicles” and “resisting an officer without violence.”
    • The “resisting” charge stemmed from Webb’s refusal to alter the sticker’s appearance as demanded by the officer.
  2. The Legal Twist:

    • Initially, the charges were dropped by the State Attorney’s Office, citing the First Amendment protection.
    • However, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida recently ruled that the case isn’t straightforward.
    • Judge Marcia Morales Howard opined that while Webb denied the sticker was obscene, he repeatedly acknowledged its sexual nature, albeit as an attempt at humor.
    • The court considered whether the erotic message was more than hypothetical and could reasonably be viewed as the predominant message being communicated.
    • Ultimately, the court awarded qualified immunity to Deputy English, preventing Webb from suing him for violating free speech rights and falsely arresting him.
  3. The Bumper Sticker and the Law:

    • The sticker’s content fell under Fla. Stat. § 847.011 (2), which prohibits “any sticker, decal, emblem, or other device attached to a motor vehicle containing obscene descriptions, photographs, or depictions.”
    • However, legal scholar Eugene Volokh argued that this provision is unconstitutionally overbroad and invalid on its face.
    • Qualified immunity, designed to protect state actors from accountability, played a role in this legal twist.

In summary, the saga of the “I Eat Ass” bumper sticker involves humor, free speech, and a dash of legal complexity

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