Tag Archives: freedom of speech

For telling another student he had different religious beliefs, this young boy was subject to several days of humiliating treatment from his public school.

A freestyle rapper, who has already spent two weeks in jail for his freedom of speech, is now facing more jail time as prosecutors push for a stricter punishment.

“Rap music, it’s just another form of communication that gang members use,” said the prosecutor in rapper Brandon Duncan's case. Hearing scheduled for Friday, January 23.

Within the forced anonymity of cold, hard concrete walls and non-stop, overhead fluorescent lights, rap musician, Brandon, "Tiny Doo," Duncan remains in jail. It's been almost six months. Duncan has no criminal record and was not involved in any crime.

Baltimore, Maryland – A Baltimore County 911 emergency operator says that she has been harassed and threatened after she voiced her concerns about police brutality on her Facebook page. The comments were made during a heated online debate about police misconduct and police killings, something that is certainly not hard to …

Sycamore Township, Ohio – This week, the local government in a suburban town just outside of Cincinnati ordered a man to remove a zombie nativity scene that he built on his own property. Resident Jasen Dixon was recently sent two zoning violations in the mail stating that the government had received complaints about …

“Really? You’re really playing THAT song? Pull over.” Hialeah, Florida – 26-year-old Cesar Baldelomar, a Harvard University graduate, who is currently attending law school, says that his rights were violated by a local police officer on Thanksgiving morning after he was playing loud music on his car stereo. Baldelomar says that …

Ferguson, MO– Demonstrators braved the cold once again on Thursday evening, for the 104th day in a row, to protest outside the Ferguson Police Department as we await the grand jury decision on whether or not Officer Darren Wilson will be charged in the August 9th murder of the young …

“If you flip people off again, you will be arrested.” The Free Thought Project Matt Agorist July 21, 2014   Forest Thomer was flipping people off as they drove by Friday afternoon to express his freedom of speech and to garnish some attention for his Facebook page called “Art of …

“People call, I gotta come. But you guys are exercising your freedom of speech and your 2nd Amendment rights, so it’s all good.” May 19, 2014 Responding to a 9-1-1 call about several young men legally open carrying, this cop rolls up with a very unique presence for a law …