Pressley said he removed his illegal window tint and turned it into the N.C. Highway Patrol recently, but when asked if he would keep his “Cops Suck Di**” decal on his back window, he hadn’t decided.

“Yeah, I will probably keep it on there,” said Pressley. “He (the cop) was pretty disrespectful to me.”

Marion Police Chief Allen Lawrence said Pressley has received several citations for the violation of N.C. General Statute 20-176, which pertains to window tint with regards to the front windshield.

“Tinting or interfering with visibility out of the FRONT of the windshield is a misdemeanor (an arrest can be made), not an infraction,” Lawrence said in an email to The McDowell News. “Vision obstructions out of the front windshield is a huge safety concern and could result in a vehicle crash or death.”

The chief said Pressley was not arrested Thursday night for the words on his truck, but for an outstanding warrant for not showing up to court on traffic-related citations.