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An oncology nurse from Emory University Hospital here in DeKalb Country Georgia got a $100 Ticket for a bumpersticker that was described as “lewd.” The officer gave her a talk about patriotism, too.

All is said was

“NO MORE BUSHIT”

That’s just ridiculous. I have seen much worse than that!

Clearly she was pulled over and issued a ticket because of her politics. Not allowed.

She was even wearing her nurse’s uniform when she was pulled over.

Elaborating to The Progressive, Grier says people are wrong to view this in a partisan way.

“It’s not just a Democrat/Republican issue,” she says. “Y’all need to get beyond that. It’s my right to speak, and yours.”

Gerry Weber, the legal director of the ACLU of Georgia, is representing Grier. “The indicators are that the officer didn’t like her views of President Bush and that was the motivating factor,” he says.

Weber says the ticketing was clearly illegal.

He says the Georgia Supreme Court struck down the “lewd bumpersticker” statute way back in 1991, in a case involving a defendant who had a “Shit Happens” bumpersticker.