A teen posted that she had covid-19. Police said she was causing trouble -- and threatened jail time.

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https://wapo.st/3ia9VCb (No paywall, enjoy)

“If [the post] doesn’t come down, the sheriff has directed me to issue disorderly conduct citations, if not start taking people to jail,” the Marquette County, Wis., sergeant told Cohoon’s father, according to dash-cam video obtained by The Washington Post. “Because it is causing a disturbance to the public.”

“People need to know that this [stuff] is going on and it doesn’t do any good when you can’t warn them, when you got a sheriff’s department threatening to throw people in jail over it,” her father argued.

Weighing in last week, the judge rejected the sheriff’s suggestion that Cohoon’s behavior was comparable to “screaming fire in a crowded movie theater.” He also said that the arguments that authorities were engaging in persuasion rather than coercion fall flat, because that ignored “the inherently chilling and coercive nature of a uniformed police officer showing up at a teenager’s home and demanding that she cease otherwise protected speech.”

"it’s a very strong statement … that cops can’t police social media,” her lawyer said.

https://wapo.st/3ia9VCb

And let's keep it that way!

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1. The cop violated her civil rights

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2. And I'm glad she...

... stood up for herself. And all of us.

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3. I think they are used to people folding to police authority

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4. Although not far from Madison, as I recall,

socioeconomic status is among the lowest of counties in that area of Wisconsin.

On the other hand, the environmental importance is one the highest.

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5. Do I recall correctly that it was the principal at her school who called the

sheriff? That person needs to be removed from that position.

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6. I didn't see that in this article...

... but it wouldn't surprise me.

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7. I seem to recall it from a post a couple of days ago.. yes, demovictory9 had an OP

on Sat. Sorry, I cannot link it. It was the school administrator, whatever the hell that is. At least the teen won her lawsuit.

Those people should be sued into bankruptcy, and the sheriff and deputy barred from law enforcement. Hey, they can go to work for erik prince (of darkness).

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8. +10 nt