
Mississippi faces lawsuit over legislation restricting free speech near government buildings
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A new lawsuit says a Mississippi law will restrict free speech by requiring people to obtain permission from state officials for any protest near state government buildings in Jackson.
The federal lawsuit was filed Thursday against the two people authorized to issue permits for protests or other events in parts of the majority-Black city: Mississippi Department of Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell and the chief of the state-run Capitol Police department, Bo Luckey.
"These two officials, both white men, will now have veto authority over protests that have included, and will continue to include, criticisms of their own expanded authority and actions as well as that of other state officials," said the lawsuit filed by attorneys for the Mississippi Center for Justice and the MacArthur Justice Center at the University of Mississippi School of Law.