It sounds like Sheriff Nehls' dumbfuckery is about to cost the taxpayers of Fort Bend Co. quite a bit of money.

@2: Why? She was arrested for an outstanding fraud warrant, it had nothing to do with the sticker. All the sticker did was attract notice to her, and therefore the outstanding warrant, as per what is being reported.

@ theo,

Maybe they've since modified their stance, but the article indicates that the woman was initially being targeted by police for disorderly conduct offenses related to the sticker, which would've been fought by the ACLU, potentially costing a decent chunk of change. I guess if they're just gonna go after her for the issue related to the warrant you could be correct.

And yet people can freely ride around with white supremacist propaganda and Confederate flags on their trucks and they aren't targeted by law enforcement for harassment or inciting violence. #fuckracistAmeriKKKa

Real conservatives are against selective prosecution of enemies of the State.

Props to the ACLU!
If fascists alt-right white-supremacists can cite the first amendment, then that DA and sheriff should damn well know that she's well within her rights.

Texas, where free speech is reserved for "Whites Only".

Oops, I meant for "White GOP Only!"

Katie "put you under the radar" means that you would be unnoticed. "Put you on the radar" would make you noticed. It's a reference to airplanes flying low enough to avoid detection.

Fuck the police.

Oh, and obviously, fuck trump.

A couple of things:
1) Profane language in public can be considered unlawful under Texas Penal Code Section 42.01(a)(1), and in that part of the country, I have no doubt whatsoever that the Sheriff has received complaints about it. I'm not defending the law at all, as I think it's certainly unconstitutional, but as a fine-only MIsdemeanor C, I don't believe it's been challenged even up to the 5th Circuit yet. I'm just pointing out that it actually does exist down there.
2) She was actually arrested for a Fraud warrant out of a nearby jurisdiction that had been outstanding since April, not for the sticker on her truck. The sticker on her truck brought her to LE attention, who then discovered the warrant. I'm sure the Sheriff orgasmed in his pants when he learned of the warrant, but arresting her for it once he learned of it is legal and proper. Also, A $1,500 bond in Texas for a first offender means it's a Felony, so not arresting her for a Felony warrant that stems from a civilian Complainant would almost be dereliction.
3) At Xina, I find Confederate flags and white supremacist memorabilia sickening, too, but the display of those items is not against the law, not in Texas anyway, or any state that I know of.
4) The Sheriff's tweet said the DA would accept a Disorderly Conduct (Profane Language) charge against the driver/owner of the truck, but apparently the DA has since had a change of heart and says such a charge will NOT be accepted now. So, she is not charged with that. I suspect he knows that would trigger an ACLU-led appeal and the eventual overturn of the law itself as unconstitutional. No DA wants to be on the losing side of that.

It's for that last reason I wish they had charged her with it. I retired as cop out of Texas in 2011, and I always thought that section of the Disorderly Conduct law was on super-shaky constitutional ground...at best. Yet people are cited for it on a not too uncommon basis. But since it's a fine-only charge, and the vast majority of those cited are poor, it has just never made it to high-level court review that I know of. Some (most maybe?) municipal DA's (who file MC cases in Texas) dismiss the charge out-of-hand when they see it. In any case, had she been charged with that offense, the ACLU could have stepped in and appealed it on her behalf using their financial resources and almost certainly have had not only her conviction (assuming there was one) but that section of the Dis. Con. statute itself overturned.

It may come to that at some point. Once her Fraud case is resolved (if it's a first offense, I predict no jail time at all and just restitution if she's guilty), the sticker will still on her window. Given that it's Texas, the Sheriff and local police are sure to keep getting complaints on it. They'll feel pressured to do something...especially since doing something would also align with their own desires anyway...and the DA may flip-flop again and accept the Dis. Con. charge. That would actually be in the longer-term best interests of justice, as the ACLU would then step in and squash the (a)(1) sub-section of P.C. Section 42.01. They need someone convicted of it to be able to appeal it to higher judicial review, though.