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“I think it showed courage on his part.”Īs of May 15th, Webb’s GoFundMe account has raised $1,314 out of his $15,000 goal. “I think it was brave of him to refuse to take down what he thought was protected speech,” Bonderud said. YouTube/Columbia County Sheriff\’s OfficeDillon Webb being arrested after refusing to remove his ‘I EAT ASS’ truck decal Webb’s attorney Andrew Bonderud told BuzzFeed News that Webb showed courage, standing up to the officer. “It is all over the news and we would like to have this get some more traction as there to help him pay for his cost of having to pay for a 2500$ bond, over 200$ for having his truck towed, time from missed work and to pay for a lawyer to represent him against this Sheriff for standing up for his rights as well as yours.” He is the person that was just arrested and then released for standing up for his and our 1st amendment right of freedom of speech by having a sticker on his truck that says ‘I EAT ASS’,” the GoFundMe description said. “This is being set up to directly benefit Dillon Shane Webb. Because of the momentum and support Webb has gotten in the recent days, a representative for Webb has set up a GoFundMe page asking the public to help fund his legal battle with the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office.

Since his arrest, Webb’s arrest and dropped charges have gotten coverage across the country. Webb is Planning on Suing the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office Given such, a jury would not convict under these facts,” Durrett said in the letter. “Having evaluated the evidence through the prism of Supreme Court precedent it is determined the Defendant has a valid defense to be raised under the First Amendment of our United States Constitution. The letter sent by Assistant State Attorney John Foster Durrett, stated the charges filed against 23-year-old Dillon Shane Webb have been dropped and his “I EAT ASS” decal is protected by the First Amendment.Webb was then arrested and charged with resisting without violence and possession of obscene materials. Webb refused, claiming his First Amendment rights were being violated. After Webb agreed to the court date logistics, the officer asked him to remove a letter from his decal so that it wouldn’t be seen as an obscene message. The officer then assigned Webb a court date, stating that the decal on the back of Webb’s window was a misdemeanor. “That’s the parent’s job, not my job,” Webb responded.

“So some 10-year-old little kid sitting in the passenger seat of his momma’s vehicle looks over and reads that ‘I EAT ASS’ and asks his mom what it means, how is she going to explain that?” “How is it not derogatory?” the officer said. The police officer claimed Webb was violating Florida Statute 847.011, because of his “I EAT ASS” decal on the back of his truck.Īccording to dashcam footage, the officer claimed the sticker on the back of Webb’s truck was derogatory. Dillon Webb was wrongfully arrested for his 'I EAT ASS' truck decal.ĭillon Webb was pulled over by a Columbia County sheriff on May 5th off of Highway 90 in Lake City, Florida.