SAN FRANCISCO (Press Release)–The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the City Council of Santa Cruz was wrong to eject a spectator who, in protest of not being allowed to speak, gave the Council a silent raised-arm Nazi salute. Wrote the presiding judge in an opinion: “…unlike der Führer, government officials in America occasionally must tolerate offensive or irritating speech.”
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Preceding based on materials provided by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals