(The Center Square) – A federal court is allowing a lawsuit to move forward for an Arizona woman who says she was denied her freedom of speech at a city council meeting.
Rebekah Massie was arrested in front of her 10-year-old daughter on Aug. 20, 2024, during a council meeting in Surprise, Arizona, where Massie resides. This was after the meeting was opened for public comments, and Massie raised questions about a government lawyer’s proposed pay raise.
The events were recorded on camera. The Center Square saw the city government’s video of the meeting.
Approximately 2 minutes and 37 seconds into Massie’s comments, then-Mayor Skip Hall said he had to interrupt her to say that it is policy that “oral communications during the city council meeting may not
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