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.

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@parkermolloy
This is either very hard to understand, or really scary, or both. Did they actually charge him with "disrupting police operations" by making fun of them? (Is that like "bringing discredit upon the Poliburo?) Did the Supremes actually not rule because there's no precedent for not allowing arrest for satire? (I guess bcs no police force was stupid enough to try it before.) Well, now there's _still_ no precedent. #FreeSpeech #SCOTUS
Feb 21, 2023 at 9:13pmWeb