Surprise Mayor has woman arrested for speaking out on city attorney's salary increase

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A First Amendment advocacy group is preparing to sue Surprise, where a community activist was arrested at a City Council meeting after the mayor cut her off from speaking and had her removed.
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression on social media that it would see Surprise in court on behalf of Rebekah Massie, the outspoken 32-year-old resident.
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@rickedwards365 Месяц назад

Corrupt Mayor of Surprise needs to be sued for violating her First Amendment rights.

@corpsmankind Месяц назад

@@rickedwards365 he is a Vietnam vet with a bronze star

@erikwinkelman4668 Месяц назад

@@corpsmankind…and!?

@josephtindle4319 Месяц назад

@@corpsmankind He's in direct violation to the oath he swore to uphold, and a blatant disgrace to the uniform!

@Anthony-ct9ls Месяц назад

"History has its eyes on you.". 😁

@starbase51shiptestingfacil97 Месяц назад

It's not the "Federal" Constitution, it's the United States Constitution. Ratified in 1788 by the Founding Fathers (Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams). Oath of Office to uphold and defend the (U.S.) Constitution. Censorship is prohibited at all levels of government. At no time does he does state when a person can complain about person, policy and salary. The Bill of Rights are the Checks and Balances against government authority.

@NewAgeGigolo Месяц назад

So....if a citizen can not bring this issue up during a City Council meeting IN PUBLIC then how does a citizen challenge their local Government?

@Skyenchantment8 Месяц назад

@@NewAgeGigolo I hope she will write an editorial and be published locally

@ssnerd583 29 дней назад

....without going to jail??? redress of government is guaranteed by our Constitution. TREASON.

@JIGGLYPUFFLICIOUS 14 дней назад

They don't. She pays their salary and they in turn have her arrested for exercising her God-given right. Pretty sad, right?

@jean6453 7 дней назад

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) is suing the city of Surprise, Mayor Skip Hall and a Surprise police officer after an activist was arrested at a City Council meeting.

@amiehulscher7156 Месяц назад

Oh that lady should SUE THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN SURPRISE IMMEDIATELY!

@miclovin9927 Месяц назад

Listen we need to vote all the board members out. And that's exactly what we're going to do

@MM-sf3rl Месяц назад

She is certainly well spoken and has studied the issue. You would think the board could learn something from her.

@Skyenchantment8 Месяц назад

@@MM-sf3rl Exactly the point is apparently someone doesn’t want a public airing of her issue- why?

@wynshiphillier313 16 дней назад

@@Skyenchantment8Because it violates a rule against this sort of speech. A public meeting is a limited public forum and not all content is Constitutionally protected. Even less content is protected here than in a non-limited public forum, such as a public sidewalk or plaza.

@Skyenchantment8 16 дней назад

@@wynshiphillier313 What is “ this sort of speech “? The citizen is making known what the council would rather kept away from the public. Then there is the abhorrent overreaction-that’s a dead giveaway and a disgrace

@wynshiphillier313 16 дней назад

@@Skyenchantment8 The woman violated a rule against criticizing a public employee. There is no evidence in the video to suggest that they were applying this rule unfairly, i.e., only to _her_ criticism. See my top-level comment; this rule is probably valid under current law.

@Skyenchantment8 16 дней назад

@@wynshiphillier313 Sounds like authoritarianism-and she was making known what is in the taxpayer’s interest. That is the great sin she committed. Please spare me the AI generated content. We all saw how horribly she was treated, yet she was still calm and collected-Shame on this council

@33736 Месяц назад

The City of Surprise going to be paying out big time, wow!

@stevenRalf2016 Месяц назад

Yup there getting sued & lawsuits are being filed …

@JamesStover-gr3hw Месяц назад

Nothing better than a Federal lawsuit

@BottomLineBassin2 Месяц назад

For what?! She violated the rules of decorum.

@stevenRalf2016 Месяц назад

@@BottomLineBassin2 they still did not let her voice be reach across , we all have FREEDOM OF speech ..

@BottomLineBassin2 Месяц назад

@@stevenRalf2016 You can't walk into a theatre and yell fire either. It's the same as contempt of court.

@whitewatersarah9824 Месяц назад

That was very wrong what they did to that girl. They are stripping people's rights.

@kimk2635 Месяц назад

Vote Democrat in r every election big & small

@azureavocado5195 Месяц назад

That is a grown woman.

@maximan4363 Месяц назад

She is such a great orator and well aware of her rights! For a Vietnam vet, after being awarded the Bronze Star medal, someone who took an Oath to the Constitution of the United States of American and fought for these rights and then to violate those rights so blatantly is utterly astonishing! He should be stripped of that medal... He has become a fecking disgrace to the USA!

@jamesfranklin465 Месяц назад

She did her homework and they knew it. You go girl.

@octosalias5785 Месяц назад

Violating her free speech and dragging her out in front of her daughter. They are right to distrust you.

@w6krg Месяц назад

Tyranny is alive and well in Surprise. This is a state-wide problem.

@mase7557 Месяц назад

No, it is a country wide problem. These mini tyrants that serve on city councils believe that the law does not apply to them. They actually believe that pissy little city ordinances that they pass are above the U S Constitution!

@johnnieforrest3714 Месяц назад

This is a national problem, it’s happening everywhere. City council, school boards and other public bodies.

@iMatti00 Месяц назад

I would under no circumstances claim what I saw here with tyranny. Honestly it would kind of make me think about if someone tapped me on the shoulder and I called assault and battery because it’s technically an “unwanted touching“, but I would never call that assault battery.

@letgomyego Месяц назад

It’s a global problem smh

@ronhecklinger1845 25 дней назад

A travisty!

@BigBird- Месяц назад

That’s bullshit. They should be going to jail not her.

@ImprovmanZero Месяц назад

the first amendment guarantees a right to redress of grievances

@Thr3atlvlmidnight Месяц назад

If you can't handle people being rude to you then you should not go into public service. Edit: I'm not saying she was rude, but she had every right to be.

@Thr3atlvlmidnight Месяц назад

@WankMyYank I agree.

@tpatrickl9539 Месяц назад

She really wasn’t being rude, just factual. She’s very well spoken, and the mayor didn’t like somebody having a differing opinion.

@Thr3atlvlmidnight Месяц назад

@@tpatrickl9539 agreed

@whitewatersarah9824 Месяц назад

Exactly

@ursulae2390 Месяц назад

I don’t think politicians think of it as public service anymore.

@Snowb-u5i Месяц назад

Fire the mayor, free speech first not last

@mmabagain Месяц назад

Oh I hope she can successfully sue them.

@whitewatersarah9824 Месяц назад

Me too! That's the only way to change anything!

@jean6453 7 дней назад

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) is suing the city of Surprise, Mayor Skip Hall and a Surprise police officer after an activist was arrested at a City Council meeting.

@raylear-z7b Месяц назад

That cop should be fired , he didn't up hold his part of the 1st amendment. The mayor is a coward.

@glong2720 16 дней назад

What about the chief who gave the order???

@Carol-wo3jo Месяц назад

He said she “attacked the city attorney”. She did not attack him personally and in fact, all she did was question a raise. That’s not an attack. He is a bully and glad to see he is being sued,

@AugustusSpringer Месяц назад

She was very respectful ! The city of surprise is shameful

@Darkhorse1975 Месяц назад

These are plays right out of the Fascists handbook.

@mplsgordon2 Месяц назад

Welp, that's going to cost them. Sadly, it will cost the city and its insurer, not the city officials personally. It's difficult to believe a $266,000 city attorney would tell the mayor and council that such restrictions are okay.

@MichelleVincente Месяц назад

No, it's going to cost the citizens. Who do you think pays the insurance?

@wynshiphillier313 Месяц назад

Are you a lawyer? Everyone here is a socksure they know what the relevant law is, but it can be quite complicated.

@mplsgordon2 24 дня назад

@@wynshiphillier313 I'm not. But I've seen this before. The police may or may not know the law in such cases; they're going to act as the person who signs their checks directs. After all, they have immunity. What makes me sure is that this citizen already has a deep pocket support org behind them. They have limited time and funds, and they don't take weak cases.

@wynshiphillier313 24 дня назад

@@mplsgordon2 Law enforcement is supposed to know the Constitution, including relevant case law, and they can be held personally liable for damages if they violate it. _Monell v. Dep't of Social Services_ .

@mplsgordon2 18 дней назад

@@wynshiphillier313 Agreed. And we have seen some police lose their jobs here and there. But this cop was clearly doing what the mayor ordered. An aggressive lawsuit might single the cop out for personal liability, but it seems like any case that features that gets settled, so we never see a trial or appeals verdict.

@chordsofgratitude2073 Месяц назад

I hope she sues because no local government has the legal authority to reduce or restrict Constitutional rights 🎉

@garybrown2039 Месяц назад

Just so everyone here knows, There is a fundraiser for her and her legal fees to fight this. You just gotta look it up.

@corpsmankind Месяц назад

Can you link it?

@gayletalerico7795 Месяц назад

I hope so! And get him out of office!

@whatha9550 Месяц назад

Appropriately so.

@garybrown2039 Месяц назад

"Stand with Massie & Her Civil Rights" on give send go. Try looking that up. Sorry, I would actually link it. But youtube tends to delete comments that have links because of fears of them leading to malware.

@kirkp71 Месяц назад

The People need to learn how to effectively claim, exercise and defend our rights following due process of law. No member of the BAR is going to defend us and our Rights. They are all Esquires from the Crown Temple BAR. Wake up people.

@gayletalerico7795 Месяц назад

She was very well spoken and she was not combative at all. That’s complete injustice. I hope she sues and wins big. Surprise Az is not a great town like Scottsdale!

@charliekowittmusic Месяц назад

They want you just smart enough to produce for them, and not ask any questions. Remember that.

@Skyenchantment8 Месяц назад

@@charliekowittmusic So true!

@Jack-vt6cw Месяц назад

They're getting their wish

@jaewhispers Месяц назад

Next meeting September 3rd at 6pm

@maryparis576 Месяц назад

Can't enforce this rule. She gonna get a huge pay day.

@AugustusSpringer Месяц назад

She should run for office

@CheshireCat-w5s Месяц назад

Sounds like Surprise has some sketchy folks unfairly lining their own pockets ..

@highnoon753 Месяц назад

Mayor of surprise is no surprise........😅😢

@kirkp71 Месяц назад

There shall be no rule making or legislation that abrogates a right. Miranda v Arizona. The first right here is the right to address. Then the right to freedom of speech.

@davidbonner8396 Месяц назад

I live in Surprise, this is eye opening. I’m going to pay more attention to the politics around here because of this. I’d like to know if there was actually truth to what she said.

@AxtionMag Месяц назад

I certainly didn’t hear any denials from those present! And with the mayors use of the city police to escort the woman from the building AFTER silencing her seemingly because he didn’t like what she was saying, tells me she’s very likely spot on with everything she said! Something smells very bad in surprise, az.

@wynshiphillier313 Месяц назад

Truth is not the issue. What is at issue is whether she had the right to say what she did, and this does not depend on whether her facts were correct.

@glong2720 16 дней назад

@@wynshiphillier313 Really the truth is not the issue????? I think you should check your ethics and the swaring in of office.

@wynshiphillier313 16 дней назад

@@glong2720 She was arrested for violating a rule prohibiting criticism of a public employee. Criticism may be false or true. Either way, she violated the rule. The meeting chair was clear about this, even reading the rule out loud.

@alexanderphillips1101 Месяц назад

Elect his ass out of office

@mikemorassi210 Месяц назад

Hope she sues them all.

@davidmunoz5799 Месяц назад

Im a Proud resident of Surprise Az,,, and its Definitely Time for Skip Hall to GO!!!!! 🤔🤔💙🙏

@Skyenchantment8 Месяц назад

Enormous respect for this activist- I want her for my lawyer

@evangelinereid3853 Месяц назад

This is ridiculous. I hope she sues because she will win big time. That mayor should step aside, he’s not listening to his constituents. What makes it worse is this happened in front of her daughter but that’s a learned lesson in real time for this child. She should be very proud of her mother

@SlashandDevOps Месяц назад

shouting: WHAT GOOD IS THE POLICE IF THEY CANNOT DETERMINED WHAT IS UNCONSTITUTION OR NOT? WHAT GOOD IS THE POLICE?

@CuriousMess61 Месяц назад

What in the world are you going on about? It's not up to the police to do that. It's up to the courts and lawmakers. And stop screaming.

@SlashandDevOps Месяц назад

@@CuriousMess61 So, YOU are saying that WHEN a blantantly WRONG mayor tells the police to arrest someone the police cannot determine that the person did NOT break a law? Am I reading what you are typing? How many ocassions of lawsuit against even police officers have you seen where they wrongfully arrest someone and even the police end up losing their jobs?

@kevinwalker7392 Месяц назад

Agreed. That officer could have been a hero. "no Mayor, I can't remove her. I swore an oath to the United States constitution." He chose poorly. Now he's just a common street thug and embarrassment to himself, his family, and community. SHAME. Ding, ding.

@ecossearthur Месяц назад

More ridiculous BS in Surprise 😮

@holtzlander Месяц назад

Looks like the City of Surprise needs to auditors. Easy $$$

@lunte1971 Месяц назад

The rest of the panel are so spineless . That was a big 1# violation hope she sues the city and the Mayor personally

@Timbo222 Месяц назад

Mayor Hall has to go.

@0711RC Месяц назад

The drunk behind the desk BROKE her first Amendment right!

@user-roninwolf1981 Месяц назад

I'm more interested in hearing WHEN that mayor and that guard get sent to jail and/or prison.

@amiehulscher7156 Месяц назад

I think that lady should give herself and SUBSTANTIAL PAY RAISE for being EXCEPTIONAL, after she sues them all!!

@rexmasters1541 Месяц назад

That was NOT legal.

@robertprice4826 Месяц назад

There's a law in surprise that makes it illegal to criticize politicians and public figures. How has that law never been challenged. Her rights was breaking the law because the laws protect skip hall. That should have never been allowed to be a law in the first place

@wynshiphillier313 Месяц назад

You are asking the right questions. Apparently, there is an exception for this type of speech.

@icewallflatearth1158 Месяц назад

Why not order the police to arrest the mayor

@socialanarchy081 Месяц назад

Surprise, Surprise! Your mayor just cost you guys a couple hundred- thousand in city lawsuits trying to protect his lawyer buddy. 😅😂😊

@preludethomas1061 10 дней назад

And not one single man stood up to say even a word in her defense. Pathetic. If you were in that room and didn't feel shame afterwards for not speaking up, you are a coward. Do better. Even if you are afraid, you must be courageous.

@jamesfranklin465 Месяц назад

This is factual information " that doesn't matter " 😂😂😂😂

@markoconnor995 Месяц назад

Corruption

@briancantwell5107 Месяц назад

Surprise is now Moscow I wonder how many free legal hours the attorney does for all the traitors on the board

@onceagain6184 Месяц назад

Lawsuit!

@Phosphos Месяц назад

Some lawyer is about to get rich AF from this situation. And that Mayor is about to be canned. Wow.

@MichaelHull-rq9fe Месяц назад

Notice how the people in charge always call the guys with guns to enforce their will.

@jeffreyuber5428 Месяц назад

Comi city council

@Julian-xb4ik Месяц назад

republican mayor

@shooter505 Месяц назад

She's gonna win a boatload of $$

@keeperofthelists4771 Месяц назад

Wow can't redress municipal government at a meeting?

@Tonygarry78 Месяц назад

We the people must stand together!

@juliewannab Месяц назад

Free speech is a f'n right!!! ESPECIALLY when we are talking about our government.

@juliewannab Месяц назад

Where are the lawyers?? Why didn't someone do something???

@MartinRamirez-kz5zt Месяц назад

Vote,vote,vote is the power, this is a problem everywhere

@D_M121 Месяц назад

the democrats are starting to show their true colors. I hope she sues the crap out of this city and mayor

@johnwalsh4948 29 дней назад

The citizens should vote out the mayor and the entire city council and vote her in as mayor.

@rayschromm538 Месяц назад

Man, this women knows her law.. Make HER the mayor of Surprise, Arizona!

@Sinailionspride Месяц назад

Yes!

@Monica-70 Месяц назад

Dear Lord

@F15BOYOBOY Месяц назад

Doesn’t Hall live in Scottsdale with the rich people?!

@jean6453 7 дней назад

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) is suing the city of Surprise, Mayor Skip Hall and a Surprise police officer after an activist was arrested at a City Council meeting.

@Sinailionspride Месяц назад

Wow.I wish she could come and straighten out the officials in my county!

@lleavell92630 Месяц назад

Corrupt city counsel? How is this unusual that the police follow the orders of criminals and ignore the oath to the law they swore? Lawsuit seems to be the only recourse here.

@Frisbieinstein 15 дней назад

So saying the city attorney is doing a lousy job is a "personal attack?" Riiiight.

@e.1766 Месяц назад

I Wish I was as intelligent & well spoken as this lady. I hope she Sues the council & Wins. Ppl WILL NOT BE SILENCED!

@corpsmankind Месяц назад

THIS IS CHAOS! TIME TO SHOW UP FOR OUR RIGHTS. Skip is a heroic vietnam veteran, but brother, step down

@icewallflatearth1158 Месяц назад

We need special citizens police at these meetings for the police they have at the meeting.

@genaroprieto57 Месяц назад

Do you know if the Bill of Rights applies here?? SHAME is this still America??

@joshuatwersky3875 25 дней назад

She is going to get so much money from the city, the mayor and the cop it's going to make all their heads spin. What a bunch of morons!

@kukucamacho2561 Месяц назад

Maricopa county superintendent Mitchell,needs to advise under the law and order act that a public scrutinized to a voted or hired official is a right as long their is no intent threat. the mayor of this city has broke a constitutional right and beliefs that the US Supreme court up held on similar issues.

@StevenToddScholl Месяц назад

how is that possible?

@MountainKayaker Месяц назад

Communism, alive and well in Surprise, AZ 🙄😵‍💫🤦‍♀️

@tingsry Месяц назад

Why did she not go to the courthouse but to this city council? I’m not a US citizen nor living in US so if someone could explain this to me I’d be happy

@3rdsetofeyesmediaLLC Месяц назад

Sue the crap out of those bastards!!!! Shame!!

@e.blue37 Месяц назад

So freedom of speech is okay as long as you're saying something that they want to hear . Politicians have managed to take over the government while we weren't looking. Instead of them serving the people, being the voice of the people, they are ruling over the people.

@newearthmirror186 Месяц назад

3 words...Lawsuit! lawsuit! lawsuit!

@TheoHuxtible Месяц назад

The 👮‍♂️ handled that wrong

@e.blue37 Месяц назад

Why is everybody sitting there so quiet this is their money too? I thought everybody was concerned about their taxes. When their local taxes go up they have nobody to blame but themselves. They should have stood behind her and made the news by calling attention to the problem.

@StaceyBeryl Месяц назад

SUE THEM! SUE THE CITY OF SUPRISE AND THE MAYOR HALL. PS, AZ Central is an arm of the democrat party.

@Julian-xb4ik Месяц назад

and the mayor who called for the squashing of 1st amendment rights is a republlican...

@glong2720 16 дней назад

Hall is so out of touch with reality. I hope this lady wins her case because she has a right to speak and be heard. Hall this is still USA. I am very surprised that the chief authorized the officer took her into custody. She is correct taxpayers pay for the very building they occupy and should have a say. He could have simply stated they would take her complaint into consideration. He should have then sent her to an authority to go over her claim and data. These officials are getting way to heavy handed.

@JIGGLYPUFFLICIOUS 14 дней назад

Pay their salaries to have them strip you of your God-given rights and illegally detain you.

@TeamBrooksx6 Месяц назад

The mayor would not be able to do anything without a daft tyrannical police force - name them all in the law suit -

@ericorino321 24 дня назад

Freedom of speech is only applicable as long as you don’t speak against the person in power.😂😂😂 This mayor is a joke! If he gets re elected, those voters are also a joke.

@FdViv Месяц назад

What a disgrace the police of this country

@sam-zi3lg Месяц назад

"this is all factual information" mayor " it doesn't matter" 😮

@Dr_JSH 6 дней назад

She is wrong. The city can restrict public comments

@3rdpig Месяц назад

Yea, she should have been allowed her 3 minutes. But I contend that she knew she was going to be forcibly removed, probably planned on it, yet still brought her 10 year old daughter with her. Why? Also, when did saying "Don't touch me" to a cop EVER work?

@Skyenchantment8 Месяц назад

On what do you base your opinion that she knew she would probably be arrested? I admire how calm she stayed as the councilman overreacts

@flavoredwallpaper Месяц назад

If that's the case, then good for her. Civil disobedience should be praised and respected. It is absurd that it's "against the rules" to literally speak out against a Government official. This is the USA, born out of Revolution against the King.

@lisamariebarker6816 Месяц назад

I couldn't agree more, They should have just let her finish and get out what she needed to say.

@sharonamara9718 Месяц назад

So, she has a 1st amendment right to cry "Fire!" in a theatre and she can curse him out for 3 minutes.

@two-nine7730 3 дня назад

i just wish she wouldn't have flipped out at the end.Regardless,it is going to cost her some coin if she pursues. Empty threats are just that.

@ClassicJukeboxBand Месяц назад

Now forcing her to leave the meeting was one thing, but having her arrested? Not smart...she will certainly enjoy her new car she is going to buy with the settlement money...

@flavoredwallpaper Месяц назад

You think it's ok to force her to leave for criticizing a Government official?

@ClassicJukeboxBand Месяц назад

@@flavoredwallpaper No, but kicking somebody out of a meeting is no as bad as arresting them. Of course they should have let her speak.

@ClassicJukeboxBand Месяц назад

@@flavoredwallpaper No, I didn't say that.