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[Luy @LuyLovesFreckle]

@visegrad24 POS

[FIRE @TheFIREorg]

LAWSUIT: Eight officers raided his home before dawn.

His offense? He filmed an officer speeding, criticized him when he got to a drive-thru, and embarrassed the department.

In a free country, criticizing police shouldn’t end in handcuffs.

In 2022, Joshua Gibbons filmed a Kingsport, Tennessee police SUV speeding without lights or sirens, violating state law.

He caught up with the officer at a drive-thru and had salty words about his disregard for the law.

That exchange lasted all of one minute. The consequences for Joshua lasted four years.

After someone complained about a different video — an officer flipping Gibbons off — police scoured Gibbons’ YouTube channel for ammunition.

Before dawn the next morning, while Gibbons was still in bed, eight armed officers raided his mother’s home to arrest him — for speeding using a cellphone while driving, and disorderly conduct.

A judge dismissed the speeding and cellphone charges but convicted him of disorderly conduct, saying he was “offended by the way” Gibbons was “talking to that officer.” Gibbons appealed. At a second trial, a jury again found him guilty.

In June, the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals unanimously reversed that conviction and dismissed the charge.

The court found “no evidence” that Gibbons’ criticism prevented anyone from doing anything lawful.

The court recognized — as many courts had held — that even “profane and insulting” words alone aren’t a crime, especially when directed at police officers, who are trained to exercise restraint.

With FIRE’s help, Gibbons is suing to vindicate his First Amendment rights.

The First Amendment protects your right to film and criticize police. Kingsport PD needs to hear that message loud and clear.

[Luy @LuyLovesFreckle]

@MariaTCardona @DHSgov Mid terms will be bad for republicans

[WTF @mrwtffacts]

🇺🇸 In 2014, 23-year-old Ashley Gabrielle Huff was pulled over in Georgia.

Police found a spoon with red residue and a field drug test said it was methamphetamine.

Ashley swore it was just leftover Spaghettio sauce from lunch.

Unable to pay bail, she spent a full month in jail, lost her job at Waffle House and missed her child’s birthday.

A month later, the state crime lab finally tested it properly and confirmed it was nothing but tomato sauce.

[Luy @LuyLovesFreckle]

@mjfree Mid terms will be bad.

[Luy @LuyLovesFreckle]

@donjjazzyy 16

[Luy @LuyLovesFreckle]

@donjjazzyy 10

[JoAnna Mendoza @Mendoza4AZ]

Save the date! Join @PeteButtigieg and me on September 12th for a rally in Tucson! We’re taking #AZ06 back in November, and I hope to see you there! 🎉 🇺🇸

Find the link to RSVP in my bio.

[Luy @LuyLovesFreckle]

@Mendoza4AZ Happy birthday from your old friend from high school. Luis Martinez

[Luy @LuyLovesFreckle]

@charliekirk11 Ugh Oh

[Luy @LuyLovesFreckle]

@TomFitton This homosapien has me more confused than my dang Chemistry class!

[Luy @LuyLovesFreckle]

@TomFitton I identify as having BDE but my wife says NOT TRUE and so I am sad.