> The sheriff had him arrested. Weems wouldn't speak to NPR, but last fall he spoke to NewsChannel Five in Nashville. At the time, he blamed Bushart for refusing to delete the post.
> "We sent Lexington police department out to speak to him, and he refused to do that," Weems said. "What kind of person does that? What kind of person says he don't care, 'I'm not taking it down?'"
Hard to be a clearer violation of 1A rights than that. Wish Weems would be held personally liable. Unfortunately I'm sure because of the Post-It note on the QI ruling it'll turn out that "he couldn't possibly have known it was unconstitutional to order someone to take down a comment and arrest them after their refusal."
> The sheriff had him arrested. Weems wouldn't speak to NPR, but last fall he spoke to NewsChannel Five in Nashville. At the time, he blamed Bushart for refusing to delete the post.
> "We sent Lexington police department out to speak to him, and he refused to do that," Weems said. "What kind of person does that? What kind of person says he don't care, 'I'm not taking it down?'"
Hard to be a clearer violation of 1A rights than that. Wish Weems would be held personally liable. Unfortunately I'm sure because of the Post-It note on the QI ruling it'll turn out that "he couldn't possibly have known it was unconstitutional to order someone to take down a comment and arrest them after their refusal."