{"id":2627534,"date":"2026-07-09T19:38:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T23:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disturbing-video-texas-cop-tells-preacher-she-is-going-to-ticket-him-for-speech-that-offends-pride-event-goers\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T19:39:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T23:39:23","slug":"disturbing-video-texas-cop-tells-preacher-she-is-going-to-ticket-him-for-speech-that-offends-pride-event-goers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disturbing-video-texas-cop-tells-preacher-she-is-going-to-ticket-him-for-speech-that-offends-pride-event-goers\/","title":{"rendered":"Disturbing Video: Texas Cop Tells Preacher She Is Going to Ticket Him for Speech That Offends &#8216;Pride&#8217; Event Goers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdisturbing-video-texas-cop-tells-preacher-she-is-going-to-ticket-him-for-speech-that-offends-pride-event-goers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2627534&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>This content appears to be a webpage with embedded scripts and lengthy HTML code, containing a societal and political commentary. It discusses the Black Lives Matter-inspired movement&#8217;s alleged goals to undermine police by driving honest officers away and replacing them with individuals aligned with totalitarian and woke ideologies. The article highlights a controversial incident in Fort Worth, Texas, where a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thousands-in-london-protest-against-vaccine-passports\/\" title=\"Thousands In London Protest Against Vaccine Passports\">female police officer<\/a> threatened to cite preachers David Grisham and Rich Penkoski for &#8220;offensive speech&#8221; during a Pride event, claiming that offending someone with words could be punishable as disorderly conduct. The preachers and their supporters argue that this is a violation of First Amendment rights. They have announced intentions to sue the city of Fort Worth over this incident. The article emphasizes the importance of free speech rights and criticizes government suppression of speech under the guise of disorderly conduct.It also includes social media posts showcasing the incident, legal statements from the preachers&#8217; attorney, and calls for support for the cause of protecting free expression against government overreach.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>This always seemed like the goal of the Black Lives Matter-inspired defund-the-police movement.<\/p>\n<p>In short, make life hell for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-espn-host-jemele-hill-mocked-after-trying-to-connect-tyreek-hills-police-altercation-to-trump\/\" title=\"Ex-ESPN Host Jemele Hill Mocked After Trying to Connect Tyreek Hill&#039;s Police Altercation to Trump\">honest police officers<\/a>. Drive them from the force. Then replace them with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >totalitarian-minded woke storm troopers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a shocking video posted Wednesday to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X, a female police officer in Fort Worth, Texas, threatened to cite preachers David Grisham and Rich Penkoski for \u201coffensive speech\u201d during the Trinity \u201cpride\u201d festival on June 27.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf someone is offended by your talking, then we have a problem,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/justice-ketanji-brown-jackson-true-thoughts-first-amendment-slip-obstacle-hamstringing-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">constitutionally illiterate<\/a> woman said.<\/p>\n<p>Grisham called that a \u201cconstitutional violation of our rights,\u201d to which the woman responded with a citation threat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWait, you\u2019re gonna ticket us for offensive speech?\u201d the man holding the camera \u2014 presumably Penkoski \u2014 asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah. Absolutely,\u201d she replied, insisting that \u201coffensive speech\u201d qualifies as \u201cdisorderly conduct.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, no, no, no, no. No, no,\u201d Grisham said. \u201cDisorderly conduct has to be accompanied by conduct.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the conduct that you\u2019re doing,\u201d the idiotic woman insisted.<\/p>\n<p>Grisham then identified himself as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-falsely-labels-police-military-veterans-as-white-supremacists\/\" title=\"Biden falsely labels police, military veterans as \u2018white supremacists\u2019\">retired police officer<\/a> at the federal level. The woman hilariously replied that this involved a local issue, not a federal one.<\/p>\n<p>In that case, the preachers should have asked, could Fort Worth re-institute slavery? Does the 13th Amendment not apply in Texas, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-jasmine-crockett-shows-doesnt-understand-first-amendment-hearing-meltdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First Amendment<\/a> apparently does not?<\/p>\n<p>Libs of TikTok, a prominent conservative account on X, d the video. As of Thursday afternoon, it had more than 3.9 million views.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Female Texas Cop THREATENS to ticket a retired officer and Christian street preacher for \u201coffensive speech\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cop: \u201cIf someone is offended by your talking, then we have a problem\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Man: \u201cYou\u2019re going to ticket us for \u2018offensive\u2019 speech?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cop: \u201cYes, I am\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This cop is blatantly\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qX0UjnRBSL\">pic.twitter.com\/qX0UjnRBSL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/2074971464487284897?\">July 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Later on X, Penkoski identified the video as his. He also reported that he and Grisham have taken legal action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was David Grisham and I. We are filing a lawsuit against the city of Fort Worth for violating our rights. Stay tuned,\u201d Penkoski wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This was David Grisham and I. We are filing a lawsuit against the city of Fort Worth for violating our rights<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7GEfrLv27C\">https:\/\/t.co\/7GEfrLv27C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rich Penkoski (@WFCPreacher) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WFCPreacher\/status\/2074995740016058709?\">July 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Penkoski posted a longer video showing multiple interactions with Fort Worth Police and others. In that video, Grisham appeared to be using a bullhorn to spread his anti-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lego-company-kids-ends-pride-month-using-toys-recreate-lgbt-fantasy-instagram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LGBT<\/a> message.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 DID THE FORT WORTH POLICE SET THEM UP? \ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>\u200bBy now, everyone\u2019s heard the shocking claims: Fort Worth Police telling citizens that if you offend someone with your words or speech, you\u2019ll be cited.<\/p>\n<p>\u200bWell, it actually happened. One of our guys was officially cited by FWPD for\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xP7rREy7w0\">pic.twitter.com\/xP7rREy7w0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rich Penkoski (@WFCPreacher) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WFCPreacher\/status\/2073086452297310588?\">July 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, on Tuesday, Penkoski also posted a video of himself listening to a radio interview with his attorney.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Our attorney CJ Grisham does a radio interview discussing what happened in Fort Worth during Pride <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CJGRISHAM?\">@CJGRISHAM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SarahisCensored?\">@SarahisCensored<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Carlos__Turcios?\">@Carlos__Turcios<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SarahisCensored?\">@SarahisCensored<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/coulterculture?\">@coulterculture<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RxCCp2DYjl\">pic.twitter.com\/RxCCp2DYjl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rich Penkoski (@WFCPreacher) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WFCPreacher\/status\/2074631209863578105?\">July 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Grisham was exercising his right to express his views on matters of significant public concern,\u201d GFA Law, PLLC announced July 2 in a statement indicating that it represents Grisham, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/dallasexpress.com\/tarrant\/street-preacher-challenges-fort-worth-citation-after-trinity-pride-fest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dallas Express<\/a>. \u201cThe Fort Worth Police Department responded, not by protecting his constitutional rights, but by threatening him with arrest and ultimately issuing a citation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like all true <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-scores-big-win-1st-amendment-scares-shadowy-global-alliance-responsible-media-shutting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First Amendment<\/a> cases, this one has nothing to do with the content of the preachers\u2019 speech. Government agents cannot legally suppress speech they do not like.<\/p>\n<p>Somewhere along the way, this officer from the Fort Worth Police Department should have learned that.<\/p>\n<p>Pray that neither her ignorance nor her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vs-u-s-study-exposes-profound-threat-authoritarian-elites-pose-ordinary-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">totalitarian inclinations<\/a> explain her hiring.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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