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 threadAfterLand 🤟🌎🎨Feb 21, 2023
@parkermolloy Weeelllll I listened to a podcast about this and what the guy did wa exactly copy it to look real, then put out inflammatory and resist posts that looked as if they were coming from the police dept, then deleted posts where people pointed out that it was parody. This wasn’t a funny innocent joke. It was malicious and could have really caused some damage.
Show threadCameron MacLeodFeb 21, 2023
@afterland yikes. Request: if possible, provide a link so that it’s not hearsay chasing hearsay?
Show threadLee Markosian 
@c_9 @afterland https://thisiscriminal.com/episode-206-novak-v-city-of-parma-2-17-2023
Episode 207: Novak v. City of Parma (2.17.2023)

In 2016, a man named Anthony Novak created a parody Facebook page of his local police department.

Feb 22, 2023 at 12:24amWeb
Show threadCameron MacLeodFeb 22, 2023
@peternocturnal @afterland Thanks!
Show threadAfterLand 🤟🌎🎨Feb 24, 2023
@peternocturnal @c_9 thank you for posting this link