Suspect detained over 'extremist' bumper sticker

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | May 07, 2009 | Bob Unruh

[Man50D]

A Louisiana driver has been stopped and detained for having a "Don't Tread on Me" bumper sticker on his vehicle and warned by a police officer about the "subversive" message it sent, according to the driver's relative.

The situation developed in the small town of Ball, La., where a receptionist at the police department told WND she knew nothing about the traffic stop, during which the "suspect" was investigated for "extremist" activities, the relative said.

[Windflier]

...he hit the gas and took off spraying me with gravel.

Guess you scared the obama out of him.

[plsjr]

Related post at:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2245899/posts

[Chode]

for now...

[Clint Williams]

A Louisiana driver has been stopped and detained for having a "Don't Tread on Me" bumper sticker on his vehicle and warned by a police officer about the "subversive" message it sent

The only thing protected by the First Amendment is nude dancing.

America -- a great idea, didn't last.

[Troy McGreggor]

"I saw one area near Shreveport, LA where the speed limit had been reduced 10 mph since my last visit. Good thing I noticed, too - the area was crawling with police cars. As I've seen many times before, they zero in on the people driving BMWs, Mercedes and the like."


I was born and raised in Shreveport. Shreveport is 50 percent Black. Of those 50 percent, in my estimation 95 percent are below the 'poverty line(by choice and their own actions). Shreveport is broke. Sleazeport, Lowsyana is a cesspool. Shreveport has led the nation a few times in murder rate per capita. Captain Shreve set sail down the Red River long ago, never to return. Or maybe he went North.

But my point is, if Shreveport/area cops are 'zeroing in' on luxury cars, they must not do too much business. You see far less 'BMW's, Mercedes, and the like' than you would in most towns of equivalent size. And if the cops were targeting one of the very, very few areas that might have enough luxury traffic to 'target,' wouldn't you think the targeted rich would have the power and money to complain to city hall...after all, aren't they running things anyway? Yeah, I thought so. So pardon me if I'm a little skeptical.

And if you were talking about a small town outside of Shreveport...like Oil City, Belcher, or Vivian maybe...well, they've seen a Mercedes...once.

[Charles Martel]

I'm pretty sure the luxury cars that I mentioned were "just passing through" on I-20 or I-49. Shreveport is the first city of appreciable size east of Dallas.

Seems like most of the police activity is just south of the city, along the 49 corridor. Saw it happen again yesterday, on I-20 near the state line (on the Texas side), right around Waskom. The cop paced a group of cars traveling east, then pulled over someone in a Lexus.

I didn't mean to imply that this stuff is only happening in Louisiana, or in the Shreveport area. Cops routinely target certain drivers for various reasons - out of state plates, headed in the general direction of the casino (which Shreveport has, correct?), etc. They are obviously writing a lot more traffic citations these days; is it really surprising that they'd go after people who look comfortably able to pay?

[rock_lobsta]

That sold me... Time to outfit the truck...

[Man50D]

Don’t forget your “Don’t tread on me” bumper sticker.

[SeattleBruce]

“Now guess what? The 1960s Marxist hippie street rabble and their ideological issue are “the Establishment.” And guess what again. The bastards suddenly do not believe in free speech — they never did of course. “

Interesting how that worked, isn’t it? “Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

[sloop]

this must be der fuhrer’s ‘preventative detentions’

best thing about shreveport is the bypass

[Mr. Lucky]

It would be nice were there some objective confirmation that this traffic stop actually occurred.

[stevio]

Since Flag day is over, the Gadsden Flag goes back up.

[MediaMole]

Funny how WND manages to put an ad for Gadsden Flag bumper stickers right in the middle of this article.

WND — riling people up so they can sell them stuff since 1995.

[DejaJude]

Next thing you know, they'll be handing out tickets if your license plate frame is 1/8" too wide, or something.

They've already done something like this in Arizona. Your frame can't cover the Arizona in your plate or you'll get a ticket.

[Charles Martel]

I’ll bet that law roughly coincided with the introduction of red-light or photo-radar camera systems.

[LomanBill]

>>That’s historical and patriotic.

Historical? Yep.

Patriotic? Yep.

Problem is that, due to 50+ years of public school indoctrination, fewer and fewer folks are able to recognize either - much less articulate the purpose of American government: “TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS”.

[FReepaholic]

...Berkeley Barb, East Village Other, Ramparts, and others I cannot remember just now. ..

Here in the Southeast we had "The Great Speckled Bird".

[FReepaholic]

You might find this interesting:

The underground press in the United States and Canada

[WilliamofCarmichael]

Thanks for the information and links.

I just received this from a friend. I cannot pass the image but it's a bumper sticker (it was actually a sign attached to the SUV's rear door) that read

One
Bad
Ass
Mistake,
America

I suspect this has already been talked about on FR but just in case. . . .

[Shyla]

Sounds great. I have the flag flying off my boat.