Wednesday, September 4, 2024

U.S. city now gets sued for arresting woman who criticized government official

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression has filed a lawsuit against the city of Surprise, Arizona, and several officials after the mayor decided his policy of not allowing residents to offer any criticism of city officials overruled the U.S. Constitution at council meetings.

WND reported earlier when Mayor Skip Hall ordered resident Rebekah Massie arrested for her speech during a portion of a government meeting set aside for residents’ concerns.

She was opposed to a city decision to give its lawyer even more money.

But Defendants Surprise, Arizona and its mayor, Skip Hall, broke that promise, arresting Plaintiff Rebekah Massie in front of her 10-year-old daughter for criticizing a public official at a city council meeting.

On August 20, 2024, during the public comment portion of the Surprise City Council meeting, Massie spoke in opposition to a planned pay increase for Surprise’s city attorney.

Because that’s what’s gonna happen.

Hall threatened that she wasn’t allowed to make such comments.

https://www.wnd.com/2024/09/cloud-of-fear-u-s-city-now-gets-sued-for-arresting-woman-who-criticized-government-official/ 

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