Police Harassment

The police chief in Baker City, Ore., must face a <a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/ninth-circuit-considers-immunity-criteria-for-government-officials/">First Amendment case</a> brought by a newspaper reporter who claims the chief <a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/reporter-says-police-chief-has-it-in-for-him/">harassed him for years</a> because he wrote a column criticizing the police department, the Ninth Circuit <a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Police-Harassment.pdf"><strong>affirmed</strong></a> Friday.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The police chief in Baker City, Ore., must face a First Amendment case brought by a newspaper reporter who claims the chief harassed him for years because he wrote a column criticizing the police department, the Ninth Circuit affirmed Friday.

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