Jennifer Stewart, a Willington, Ohio woman who spoke out against the way Wilmington Police were treating a 15-year-old skateboarder during an arrest, is facing misdemeanor charges of obstructing justice and disorderly conduct, according to a story in the Wilmington News Journal.
The disorderly conduct charge appears to be based upon things the police believe Stewart said, according to Daugherty. He said he wants to hear what she did say so he can determine whether he thinks a jury would regard her words as criminal. . . “Speech is one of our most precious liberties. You are allowed to loudly voice your disagreement with public officials in our country. If her words were simply voicing disagreement and made no threat or obscene language, then I don’t understand a criminal charge,” Daugherty said.
We don’t either.
[Link: Wilmington News Journal]
