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DC reporter for @reuters on crime and justice. Ex-@usatoday. Data, documents and "convoluted KGB style back-door" stuff. 202-527-9709, brad.heath@tr.com

Nov 7, 2017, 7 tweets

6th Cir.: OK for a police officer to arrest a woman who loudly called him an "idiot," even if it was in retaliation for her political views.

6th Cir.: OK for police to arrest a woman who sent emails to his personal address after he asked her to send them to his work address.

6th Cir.: Emailing a public official at his personal address, after he asks you to email him only at work, is a crime. You can be arrested.

An Ohio mayor repeatedly asked the village police force to arrest a woman who kept emailing him at home.

The woman was a thorn in the side of village gov't. She presented evidence that helped put the police chief in jail.
news-herald.com/article/HR/201…

6th Cir.: Public officials don't have to let people come into their homes to criticize them. So they can also forbid personal emails.

Anyway, read it for yourself: opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/1…

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