A U.S. district court ruled a former policeman can continue a civil lawsuit against a Louisiana police chief for violating his First Amendment rights.
The policeman was arrested for criminal defamation for sending an e-mail to a local newspaper criticizing them for not reporting the chief’s alleged involvement in another officer’s DUI arrest. -db
From the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, March 23, 2012, by Andrea Papagianis.