Tag: Richmond Police

THIS HAS TO STOP! – police brutality – Class Action filed against Richmond Police officers.

Posted Tom Roberts, Esq.Posted in Assault & Battery, Civil Rights, Commentary, Excessive Force, First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Freedom of Speech and Press, General, Litigation

CIVIL RIGHTS CLAIMS – PEACEFUL PROTESTORS FROM JUNE 1, 2020 LEE MONUMENT POLICE ENCOUNTER DISCLOSURE: The civil rights law firm of Thomas H. Roberts & Associates, PC settled the 1st round of civil rights suits by peaceful protestors in Federal and State Court. (Blackwood Plaintiffs in Federal Court and Arthur in State Court) The law […]

Are public employees protected against discharge and retaliation for things they say as a citizen?

Posted Tom Roberts, Esq.Posted in Civil Rights, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech and Press

Are public employees protected against discharge and retaliation for things they say as a citizen? Public employees do not shed constitutional protections when they enter the work place.    In the absence of proof that the public employee knowingly or recklessly made false statements, a public or government employee has a right to speak as […]