Police In Leon Valley Texas Arrest Woman For Holding a Sign

Texas Cops Arrest Woman for Holding Sign on Sidewalk saying "F*ck the Police."

The Leon Valley Police Department has had a long-running issue with First Amendment auditors and activists.

It was only six months ago that Amanda Berg stood in front of a federal ATF building in Texas with a sign that read "Fuck the ATF" as part of a First Amendment audit to determine if they would respect her right to protest on a public sidewalk.

A security guard came out and told her she was scaring people inside but Berg, who runs the YouTube channel, Pink Camera Magic, said there was nothing to fear because she had no plans on stepping on the property.

A Leon Valley police officer responded and told her she had every right to protest with her sign as long as she remained on the sidewalk which was surprising because that same department has had a long-running issue with some First Amendment auditors who have a pending lawsuit against the agency.

Fast forward to December and Berg decided to hold up a sign that read "Fuck Joe and the Leon Valley police" in front of the Leon Valley Police Department.

Berg, who is not part of the pending lawsuit, said her beef with the department was over a recent news story about Leon Valley Police Chief Joe Salvaggio threatening to shut down a storage facility for allowing bands to rehearse there, even though nobody was complaining.

"I was not too happy about that so I said I'm going to protest how I felt," she said in a telephone interview with Photography is Not a Crime, explaining the "Fuck Joe" part of her sign was a specific reference to Chief Salvaggio.

Given her last experience with the ATF sign, she was hoping they would respect her rights just as the last officer did.

But no such luck.

The cops ended up arresting her and confiscating her sign "as evidence" before placing it in the garbage can which should be tampering with evidence as long as we're using cop logic here.

"It's not content neutral," she said. "They were fine with a sign that said 'Fuck the ATF' but not with a sign that said 'Fuck the Police.'"

The cops kept her in handcuffs for almost an hour before releasing her with a disorderly conduct summons.

But unless they can prove beyond a reasonable doubt her actions created an "immediate breach of the peace," which Texas case law defines as "an act that disturbs or threatens to disturb the tranquility enjoyed by the citizens," the charge is not going to stick.

The battle against the Leon Valley Police Department began in May 2018 when a First Amendment auditor who goes by Mexican Padilla entered the police station with his camera recording. His video, posted below, shows a female employee giving him permission to enter an area through double doors. But once inside, he was confronted by Chief Salvaggio who accused him of entering a "restricted area."

Padilla began cursing him out in Spanish and the chief tackled and arrested him.

His video went viral attracting other First Amendment auditors and activists from around Texas and other states to Leon Valley where they participated in three protests in June resulting in multiple arrests and camera seizures.

At one point, they were arrested for desecrating the Thin Blue Line flag in front of the police department.

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