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$23,770 Settlement for Sheriff’s Censorship of Facebook Comments

Loaded on July 28, 2016

Filed under: Injunctions, Censorship, First Amendment. Location: California.

The San Diego County Sheriff’s Office (SDCSO) paid $23,770 to settle a lawsuit alleging it violated a man’s First Amendment rights by deleting his comments on SDCSO’s Facebook page.

Dimitrius Karras posted comments asking Sheriff William D Gore, “Do you plead the 5th about your involvement in the MURDER of ...

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