NEWS HITS: Free speech twofer
Dublin Core
Title
NEWS HITS: Free speech twofer
Subject
Pacifists
Women political activists--Michigan--Detroit
Protest and social movements
First amendment cases
Freedom of speech
Assembly, Right of
Women political activists--Michigan--Detroit
Protest and social movements
First amendment cases
Freedom of speech
Assembly, Right of
Description
Newspaper column "NEWS HITS" in the Metro Times summarizes two First Amendment cases in the metro-Detroit area. There is a picture in the upper-right corner of a man named John Bennett, wearing a black jacket and black beanie. He is standing in front of a large statue of fist (the Monument to Joe Louis in Detroit). Bennett is making a similar fist gesture towards the camera.
Detroit Police Officer John Bennett was suspended without pay because he wrote criticisms of the police chief and Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick; he took his case to the Michigan Employee Relations Commission and won. In Ferndale, protestors Nancy (McGuire) Goedert and Victor Kittila were ticketed during a protest for holding signs that encouraged motorists to honk their horns in order to show opposition. The ACLU took their case to court and U.S. Judge Denise Page Hood sided with the protestors.
Detroit Police Officer John Bennett was suspended without pay because he wrote criticisms of the police chief and Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick; he took his case to the Michigan Employee Relations Commission and won. In Ferndale, protestors Nancy (McGuire) Goedert and Victor Kittila were ticketed during a protest for holding signs that encouraged motorists to honk their horns in order to show opposition. The ACLU took their case to court and U.S. Judge Denise Page Hood sided with the protestors.
Creator
Curt Guyette
Source
Metro Times (2/6/2008 edition, page 10)
Publisher
Metro Times
Date
2/1/2008
Rights
Rights over this item are held by the Metro Times
Format
Newsprint ; 6.6 x 11.5 in. ; typed ; black and white ; black and white photograph
Language
English
Type
Text
Still image
Still image
Identifier
RG0012
Coverage
Detroit (inhabited place) (World, North and Central America, United States, Michigan, Wayne county) [7013547]
Collection
Citation
Curt Guyette, “NEWS HITS: Free speech twofer,” Wayne State University - School of Information Sciences, accessed May 10, 2024, https://waynestateu.omeka.net/items/show/40.