Cindy is a school board member in Escambia County, Alabama. When she opposed an effort to extend the contract of the school superintendent, the district attorney and sheriff started a bogus investigation to pressure her into changing her vote. When a local paper, Atmore News, reported on that investigation, Cindy, her fellow board member Sherry Digmon, reporter Don Fletcher, and school payroll supervisor Ashley Fore were arrested and charged with a felony.
Cindy is fighting back against the retaliation with a lawsuit that seeks to hold the district attorney and sheriff accountable for their unconstitutional retaliatory investigation and arrests.
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First Amendment | First Amendment Retaliation | Immunity and Accountability
Atmore, Alabama Retaliation
Four residents of a small Alabama county were targeted for retaliation by a district attorney and sheriff. Now, they are suing with IJ to protect their constitutional rights.