BREAKING: #Florida Judge denies the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission’s effort to dismiss our lawsuit challenging its violation of Florida's open meetings laws, allowing the case to move forward.(thread)
Today, Leon County Circuit Court Judge John C. Cooper denied the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission’s request to dismiss a lawsuit challenging its refusal to honor the original time for public comments during its Oct. 16 meeting...
effectively denying youth advocates the right to publicly address the Commission.
“We are thrilled with the Court’s decision allowing the case to move forward.Given our current climate, it’s important that student voices, especially those who would most severely be impacted...
“We are thrilled with the Court’s decision allowing the case to move forward.Given our current climate, it’s important that student voices, especially those who would most severely be impacted...
by the Commission’s recommendations for increasing school policing and arming other school personnel, are heard. The Commission’s actions during the October 16 meeting silenced them, in violation of the law.” -SPLC's Sam Boyd
