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ATLANTA---A Georgia nurse who was ticketed for having an obscene anti-Bush bumper sticker is taking DeKalb county officials to federal court.
Denise Grier, 47, of Athens, Ga., was issued a $100 ticket in March after police spotted her driving a car with a bumper sticker which read"I'm Tired Of All the Bushit".
The suit was filed on behalf of Grier by the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia. She is seeking damages for emotional distress to a declaration that her bumper sticker "is considered constitutionally protected speech".
The ticket was ultimately dismissed in April by a judge who ruled that the state's lewd decal law had been declared unconstitutional in 1991.
Grier also seeks punitive damages against the officer who issued the ticket, saying that he "acted with reckless disregard of her rights.
She still displays the sticker on her car. 10-19-06
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