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NEW: We filed a lawsuit against the Sheriff of #Etowah Co.

Last fall, following a peaceful protest outside the jail, the Sheriff retaliated & blocked volunteers from visiting men detained there.

This violates the free speech rights of community members:
freedomforimmigrants.org/news/2020/9/1/…
“Once again, the Etowah Co. Sheriff’s Office is trying to make visitor volunteers choose between their First Amendment rights & supporting people in immigration detention [...] This is not a choice the government can legally ask them to make,"

@ChristinaFialho
In terminating the Etowah Visitation Project, the Sheriff is not just trying to punish visitor volunteers and people detention, they are trying to send a message to all activists to stay silent.

This is contrary to the county’s and ICE’s stated commitment to transparency.
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