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• Public employee speech and consequence of unlawful action

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  When does a public employee’s First Amendment rights give way to an employer’s right to suspend or terminate the employee?

• Uniformed Miami cop wearing pro-Trump mask at voting site will be disciplined

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  The officer's union representatives defended him, saying the officer was simply expressing his First Amendment right

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• Freedom of speech: Social media and the public sector

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  Understanding the legal precedent behind free speech rights and how they apply on and off duty

• Should the constitutional cop be fired?

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  You are never off duty as a police officer when it comes to how you represent yourself, your agency and your responsibilities

• State your case: Is it time to lighten up on forbidding officers from speaking out?

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  A video of a cop criticizing COVID-19 decrees has amassed nearly 1 million views and reignited the discussion about what officers should and should not say in uniform

• Civil disobedience behind the badge

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  Can a uniformed officer remain silent and go about a duty that is repugnant to the Constitution?

• Whether spoken or gestured, cops should usually ignore the F-bomb

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  Being told to f-off or anything similar may be evidence of poor breeding, but is also the burden of today’s public servants

• How posting anti-anything comments could make cops career casualties of Brady v. Maryland

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  Association with an extremist group or comments that could be interpreted as bigoted could be used to show bias in a case that involves people of the targeted group

• Why 'free speech' keeps costing cops their careers

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  Not understanding the legal arena for speech and how it’s been changed by the internet is resulting in career fatalities and making police work more dangerous

• You're on camera: How police should respond to a 'First Amendment audit'

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  Individuals are filming police buildings and officers as part of a “First Amendment audit"; here’s how cops should respond

• Supreme Court considers free speech vs. retaliatory arrests

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  Fane Lozman contends he was wrongly prevented from speaking at a city council meeting through an arrest on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest

• 'Sexy' cops vs. firefighters: Double standards and the law

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  Here’s what you need to know about the First Amendment, employer retaliation for speech, and double standards

• Cop protects First Amendment

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  A video on a police officer defending the First Amendment.