Speaking up in a public meeting should result in violations of
someone’s rights under the First (“peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances”), Fifth (“nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law”), or Eighth (“Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.”) Amendments.
Anti-fracking activist Alma Hasse is seeking legal redress.
This could be a nationwide trend, with one local bully apologizing to Nydia Tisdale to avoid jail in Forsyth County, Georgia,
after settling for $200,000 for being ejected
from the Cummings, Georgia City Council for videoing.
Nydia hasn’t filed charges yet for the
case of the six missing screams, in which she was forcibly
ejected from a public campaign event headlined by Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal
for videoing.
Maybe if you advertise a public meeting, you can’t throw someone out for videoing,
and you can’t arrest somebody for speaking up in public government meeting.
Alma Hasse was
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