Arizona

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(116,373 posts) Fri Oct 25, 2024, 02:37 PM Oct 25

Charge on Surprise activist who criticized city in council meeting laughed out of court

(The Center Square) – A Maricopa County Justice Court tossed the criminal trespassing charge from the city of Surprise after resident Rebekah Massie was thrown out of a city council meeting for allegedly violating it's now repealed public comment policy in August.

Mayor Skip Hall had Massie removed after she criticized the decision to increase the city attorney Robert Wingo's salary, as the two got into a debate about the constitutionality of the commenting policy and a police officer removed her.

“No branch of any federal, state, or local government in this country should ever attempt to control the content of political speech,” North Valley Justice of the Peace Gerald Williams wrote in his decision dismissing the charge.

“In this case, the government did so in a manner that was objectively outrageous," he continued.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/charge-on-surprise-activist-who-criticized-city-in-council-meeting-laughed-out-of-court/ar-AA1sRP7h

1 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Charge on Surprise activist who criticized city in council meeting laughed out of court (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 25 OP

I've driven though Surprise and it's a fairly new area of Arizona that had cheaply built housing so a bunch kimbutgar Oct 25 #1

kimbutgar

(23,568 posts)

1. I've driven though Surprise and it's a fairly new area of Arizona that had cheaply built housing so a bunch

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2024, 02:46 PM

Oct 25

Of maggots moved there. A friend of mine who is a naturalized Filipino citizen moved near that area and got a job for the USPS he said he experienced the most racism than he ever did before in his life. He said it was so bad it was affecting his mental health and he had to quit. Now he commutes between Arizona and The SF Bay area to work.

Reply to this discussion