California sheriff sued for allegedly blocking Black Lives Matter leaders on Facebook
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit against a California sheriff accusing him of violating the First Amendment rights of the city’s Black Lives Matter leaders.
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday, claims that Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones blocked Tanya Faison and Sonia Lewis from posting comments on his official Facebook page, according to the Sacramento Bee.
The suit says Jones blocked Faison and Lewis from commenting after they responded to one of his posts that included screenshots from the Black Lives Matter Sacramento page. The screenshots included language supporting efforts to "abolish the police” and “all cops are bastards.”
Faison told the Bee that Facebook is one of the only forums where she and other activists “can engage with the sheriff and his supporters.”
“Expressing our views is part of our role as residents of Sacramento,” she said.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/427774-california-sheriff-sued-for-allegedly-blocking-black-lives-matter