‘Objectively Outrageous’: Judge Makes Inspiring Decision After Woman Arrested for Criticizing Government Official

Officials in the town of Surprise, Arizona, have been humiliated by a public scolding from a judge in Maricopa County in a case in which they ordered a woman at a public meeting arrested because they didn’t like what she was saying.

The Constitution’s First Amendment, of course, was written in order to protect speech that someone doesn’t like, and in this case the comments were about the ability – or ineptitude – of a tax-paid city official.

Rebekah Anne Massie came to the public meeting to express her displeasure, and got arrested for her words.

Judge Gerald Williams now has dismissed the charges fabricated against Massie, with prejudice, meaning they cannot be refiled, ever. . .

His conclusion was definitive: “IT IS ORDERED THAT this case is dismissed with prejudice, in the interests of justice,” he wrote. “The defendant should not have faced criminal prosecution once for expressing her political views. The court agrees that she should never face criminal prosecution, for expressing her political views on that date, at that time, again. Nor should she be forced to encounter additional attorney feeds should this matter be re-filed…” (Read more from “‘Objectively Outrageous’: Judge Makes Inspiring Decision After Woman Arrested for Criticizing Government Official” HERE)