Nebraska - An attorney is taking the state of
Nebraska to court so he can have a license plate reading “NE 420”.
Frank Shoemaker asked for the plate from the state's motor vehicle
department and was told he wasn't allowed to have it. Beverly Nerth,
the director, said the 420 numerals “were used to promote marijuana
use, an illegal drug in the state.” She added the combination may
also be assumed to represent Adolf Hitler's birth (April 20, 1889),
and Colorado's Columbine High School massacre which happened on April
20, 1999.
The American Civil Liberty Union, who
is representing Shoemaker, said nothing about the plate is obscene or
offensive about the license plate and it's a political statement.”
License plates can be used to express a
personal or political statement according to the 8th
Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, said ALCU's Tracy Hightower-Henne.
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