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Black Lives Matter Leaders Sue Sacramento Sheriff for Censoring Them on Facebook
It is unconstitutional for Sacramento Sheriff Scott Jones to ban people from his public Facebook page based on their speech, identity or views. That is the basis of a lawsuit filed Wednesday on behalf of two leaders of the Sacramento chapter of Black Lives Matter by the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California,…
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2 California Newspapers Sue Sacramento Sheriff to Make Him Follow the Law
On Jan. 1, 2019, a new law went into effect in California that requires law enforcement agencies to release the records of officers involved in, among other things, use-of-force cases that result in death. Unfortunately, some law enforcement brass are pushing back against the law, using a semantical argument to defend their noncompliance. That noncompliance…