22 Investigates: Racist, political, profane license plate hate - WSBT
Nov 16, 2023 · Some of the rejected plates contained profanity and phrases like "NOFUX" rejected by a committee member in January, 2019, and "MSBTCH" rejected in February, 2020. In addition to vulgar language,...
Justices Debate Place Of Offensive Language On License Plates
Mar 23, 2015 · On Monday, the Supreme Court heard arguments on whether to allow Texas to refuse a personalized license plate design featuring the Confederate flag.
From car purchases to traffic violations, car culture drives ...
Jun 13, 2023 · Black drivers “encountered racist law-enforcement officers and gas-station attendants, bigoted auto-repairmen, threatening road signs,” and sundown towns: communities where Black people were ...
DMV-approved plates could be white supremacist code, experts say
Jul 10, 2023 · Among the 9,000 vanity license plate applications approved by the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles, experts say there are a handful that could be linked to coded language used by white supremacists.
What Should You Do if You Receive Offensive License Plate?
Sep 17, 2024 · This woman was appalled after getting a license plate that seemingly has a racial slur on it. Plus, commenters are being gleefully racist.
Should America ban 'offensive' licence plates? - BBC News
Mar 24, 2015 · An 'offensive' licence plate has sparked a Supreme Court battle over the right to free speech. So what are Americans allowed to say on their cars?
License plates containing ethnic slur are recalled after complaints
Nov 28, 2018 · A complaint about an ethnic slur offensive to Japanese-Americans has prompted Kansas to recall hundreds of license plates containing the random letter combination 'JAP.'
Best (Worst) of Rejected Vanity Plate Names of 2022 - Car and Driver
Jan 16, 2023 · Between the references to drugs and sex and the imaginative profanity, the state's drivers had plenty of vanity plate ideas rejected in 2022. From the puerile to the racist, thousands of...
Car Culture and Systemic Racism Collide - Sierra Club
Nov 2, 2020 · Samuel DuBose, shot to death by a police officer who had stopped him for a missing front license plate. For Black Americans, minor traffic infractions can turn deadly. One reason is systemic racism in the nation's police departments. Another reason is cars. The one is related to the other.
OMV responds to ‘racist’ Louisiana license plate - WGNO
Dec 16, 2023 · A personalized Louisiana license plate is raising eyebrows in Houston, Texas where one driver says he spotted the "racist" plate.