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mahatmakanejeeves

(64,689 posts)
Tue Jan 18, 2022, 10:58 AM Jan 2022

Judge: Baton Rouge Violated the First Amendment by Trying To Imprison a Professor for Sharing ...

I protect your right to share publicly available body camera footage showing police officers strip-searching a minor in public.



Judge: Baton Rouge Violated the First Amendment by Trying To Imprison a Professor for Sharing Body...
It was the city that put the footage in the public record in the first place.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Judge: Baton Rouge Violated the First Amendment by Trying To Imprison a Professor for Sharing Body Camera Footage

It was the city that put the footage in the public record in the first place.

BILLY BINION | 1.10.2022 5:07 PM

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Judge: Baton Rouge Violated the First Amendment by Trying To Imprison a Professor for Sharing ... (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2022 OP
The law professor/attorney will now be a plaintiff. Dustlawyer Jan 2022 #1

Dustlawyer

(10,525 posts)
1. The law professor/attorney will now be a plaintiff.
Tue Jan 18, 2022, 12:57 PM
Jan 2022

5 months in jail and a court ruling that his free speech was violated, among other rights, means it will be a lot more than a $35,000 settlement.

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