Parker MolloyFeb 21, 2023

Police arrested a man for making fun of police, SCOTUS approves.

Where's the "free speech" brigade when the state is actually censoring speech? https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rejects-ohio-mans-bid-sue-police-arrest-facebook-parody-rcna70435 #FreeSpeech #SCOTUS

Supreme Court rejects Ohio man’s bid to sue police over arrest for Facebook parody

Supreme Court declines to hear a qualified immunity case involving a claim that Parma, Ohio, police violated a man's rights by arresting him for Facebook posts.

NBC News
Show threadDustin [BusySignal-KE2EFX]Feb 21, 2023

@parkermolloy

I am struggling with this one because he impersonated an actual agency.

I didnt see screen shots in the article if the account set up allowed for clearly identifying the account set up as a parody account.

Like so many do on twitter.

Its really awkward.

Show threadParker Molloy
@dustinfinn Yeah, I hear that. At the same time, though, arresting him was pretty clearly over the line, in my opinion. It would have been nice to be able to chip away at QI as that's used to justify and defend all sorts of horrible stuff.
Feb 21, 2023 at 4:05pmWeb
Show threadDustin [BusySignal-KE2EFX]Feb 21, 2023

@parkermolloy
totally onboard for chipping away at QI - just frustrated that some of the reporting states "parody" and then in the same report it states "an account purported to be the police" which is wicked close to pretending to be an agency...

so it just sucks overall...