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Fifth Circuit questions Baton Rouge's ejection of public speakers

Eugene Collins and Louisiana NAACP president Michael McClanahan went to the May 10, 2017, meeting wanting the city to stop "business as usual" until it dealt with Ste

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Eugene Collins and Louisiana NAACP president Michael McClanahan went to the May 10, 2017, meeting wanting the city to stop "business as usual" until it dealt with Ste

Almost a decade after police hauled two Baton Rouge community leaders out of a Metro Council meeting for discussing Alton Sterling, the Fifth Circuit is now deciding whether the city was just enforcing the...

(CN) - Almost a decade after police hauled two Baton Rouge community leaders out of a Metro Council meeting for discussing Alton Sterling, the Fifth Circuit is now deciding whether the city was just...

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Eugene Collins and Louisiana NAACP president Michael McClanahan went to the May 10, 2017, meeting wanting the city to stop "business as usual" until it dealt with Ste Almost a decade after police hauled two Baton Rouge community leaders out of a Metro Council meeting for discussing Alton Sterling, the Fifth Circuit is now deciding whether the city was just enforcing the rules or silencing a viewpoint.

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Almost a decade after police hauled two Baton Rouge community leaders out of a Metro Council meeting for discussing Alton Sterling, the Fifth Circuit is now deciding whether the city was just enforcing the rules or silencing a viewpoint.

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