{"id":74111,"date":"2023-07-21T10:44:19","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T14:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/me-demonstrator-sues-police-for-violating-his-first-amendment-rights-after-being-arrested-during-protest-74111"},"modified":"2023-07-21T10:44:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T14:44:19","slug":"me-demonstrator-sues-police-for-violating-his-first-amendment-rights-after-being-arrested-during-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/me-demonstrator-sues-police-for-violating-his-first-amendment-rights-after-being-arrested-during-protest-74111","title":{"rendered":"ME demonstrator sues police for violating his First Amendment rights after being arrested during protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A demonstrator arrested outside the home of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conservative legal activist<\/a> Leonard Leo contends police violated his First Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<p>Eli Durand-McDonnell, 24, of Bar Harbor, contends in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday that two police officers singled him out among several dozen demonstrators at Leo&#8217;s behest. He was charged with disorderly conduct, but the charges were later dropped.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest was made during a demonstration last summer after the U.S. Supreme Court repealed the nationwide right to an abortion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/first-amendment-group-sues-texas-gov-greg-abbott-over-states-tiktok-ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FIRST AMENDMENT GROUP SUES TEXAS GOV. GREG ABBOTT OVER STATE&#8217;S TIKTOK BAN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leo, co-chairman of the conservative legal group The Federalist Society, helped to guide former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> efforts to reshape the federal judiciary, providing a list of potential Supreme Court nominees and galvanizing support for them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/former-aclu-president-cautions-americans-self-censoring-out-fear-eroding-free-speech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FORMER ACLU PRESIDENT CAUTIONS THAT AMERICAN SELF-CENSORSHIP IS ERODING FREE SPEECH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Police were called to Leo&#8217;s Northeast Harbor home by his private security detail on July 31, 2022, and a police officer\u2019s microphone captured a discussion in which Leo acknowledged the demonstrators weren\u2019t on his property. Leo singled out Durand-McDonnell for allegedly cursing at him and his family earlier in the day. &#8220;I think it\u2019s time for us to press some charges,&#8221; Leo said.<\/p>\n<p>Leo is not being sued. The lawsuit targets the two officers. A message left for the officers wasn&#8217;t immediately returned.<\/p>\n<p>Durand-McDonnell contends he was exercising his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/personal-freedoms\/first-amendment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First Amendment rights<\/a> and that Maine law also required an officer to witness the conduct to make a misdemeanor arrest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/me-demonstrator-sues-police-violating-first-amendment-rights-being-arrested-during-protest\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/me-demonstrator-sues-police-violating-first-amendment-rights-being-arrested-during-protest <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A demonstrator arrested outside the home of conservative legal activist Leonard Leo contends police violated his First Amendment rights. 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