City That Censored Advocacy for Veterans Apologizes, Pays Up
This article originally appeared on WND.com
Guest by post by Bob Unruh
Activist has challenged censorship schemes in multiple towns
An activist who has been traveling among cities promoting the message “God Bless the Homeless Vets” is settling a lawsuit with a Georgia city that censored his First Amendment rights by having an officer arrest him.
The settlement is coming from the city of Port Wentworth, Georgia, which has apologized to Jeff Gray and is paying settlements of $1,791 to the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, to Gray and to the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, which worked on his cases.
“Port Wentworth will also maintain the public space in front of city hall as an open public forum and train its officers on citizens’ First Amendment rights,” FIRE confirmed in its report on the case.
