Officer Claims He Was Suspended (ridiculous)

[indicabush]

Officer claims he was suspended for wearing marijuana button

VERMILION, Ohio – A Vermilion police captain says he has been placed on administrative leave after he wore a button on his uniform jacket showing his support for legalizing marijuana.

Captain Michael Reinheimer says in a Facebook post that on Saturday, Nov. 7 he was given and wore a button on his jacket to show support for marijuana legalization in 2016. He states he wore the button while conducting the department's annual police auction.

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Is this a violation of the 1st amendment?

 

[cocoJoe]

Is this a violation of the 1st amendment?

Any limiting of speech is!!

 

[indicabush]

Any limiting of speech is!!

Your absolutely right @cocoJoe and here's a link to that:

First Amendment protection is not limited to "pure speech" -- books, newspapers, leaflets, and rallies. It also protects "symbolic speech" -- nonverbal expression whose purpose is to communicate ideas. In its 1969 decision in Tinker v. Des Moines , the Court recognized the right of public school students to wear black armbands in protest of the Vietnam War. In 1989 ( Texas v. Johnson ) and again in 1990 ( U.S. v. Eichman ), the Court struck down government bans on "flag desecration." Other examples of protected symbolic speech include works of art, T-shirt slogans, political buttons, music lyrics and theatrical performances.

Link: https://www.aclu.org/freedom-expression-0