Perspective
Jan. 4, 2011
Annoying Civic-mindedness or Credible Threat of Violence?
Public employers have a valuable resource to limit repeated disruptions classified as more than merely annoying speech. By Kimberly Drake of Meyers Nave.
In a decision published Nov. 24, 2010, the California 6th District Court of Appeal affirmed 14 identical injunctions restricting a 70-year old gadfly's contacts with a deputy city clerk, the mayor and city council, and his movements at public meetings and within city council chambers. The injunctions did not run afoul of free speech rights because the city was able to satisfy the elements of a statute, which prohibits "unlawful violence...
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