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This was pretty easy to find examples of. https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/when-complaining-about-a-public-official-can-land-you-in-jail https://www.aclu.
by infinite_spin 4mo ago
This was pretty easy to find examples of.
https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/when-complaining-about-a-public-official-can-land-you-in-jail https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/when-complaining-about...
https://ij.org/press-release/supreme-court-rejects-appeal-of-man-arrested-for-facebook-police-parody/ https://ij.org/press-release/supreme-court-rejects-appeal-of...
https://www.rcfp.org/supreme-court-throws-out-1876-criminal-libel-statute/ https://www.rcfp.org/supreme-court-throws-out-1876-criminal-...
https://www.fire.org/cases/larry-bushart-v-perry-county https://www.fire.org/cases/larry-bushart-v-perry-county
There's a lot more.
- amanaplanacanal 4mo agoWell sure. The police can arrest you whenever they want, we rely on the courts to sort it out. Qualified immunity is terrible law, but that doesn't have anything to do with free speech.
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