If only the police in Texas bothered to read. <\/p>\n
A woman in Texas was recently arrested for warning the locals that the water coming from their faucets was contaminated. And this wasn\u2019t one of those conspiratorial 5G has contaminated our reservoirs either \u2014 the water looked like this: <\/p>\n A Henderson County grand jury and a municipal judge have dismissed all charges against two citizen journalists arrested in Trinidad, Texas, following public outcry over the city’s ongoing water issues and First Amendment rights. https:\/\/t.co\/UG9bHtCPRA<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 FOX 4 NEWS (@FOX4) May 22, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Fox<\/a> has coverage:<\/p>\n Police in the City of Trinidad, located in Henderson County around an hour south-east of Dallas, arrested Jennifer Combs on May 8 and charged her with felony false alarm or report.<\/p>\n Her arrest stems from a Facebook post she made on her \u2018Southern Belle Watch\u2019 account, where she claimed that the city\u2019s water issues had led to hospitalizations due to bacteria.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The rationale for the charge was that her posts involved false information that could create fear, panic, or unnecessary emergency response in the community. Nice to know they have laws like that on the books \u2014 why aren\u2019t they brought up when people were denying vaccine efficacy so hard that children had to die from measles before they listened to science again<\/a>? Even if she were factually wrong about the cause, there\u2019s no way her posting caused more fear and panic than people turning on their sinks and seeing what they saw.<\/p>\n She\u2019s since filed a lawsuit for being arrested. It isn\u2019t likely that she will get six figures from the suit \u2014 she only spent a day in jail compared to the former sheriff\u2019s 37, but she should be compensated for her time and the violation of her rights either way.<\/p>\n Woman Files Lawsuit After Arrest For Facebook Post Concerning Trinidad Water Supply Issues<\/a> [Fox]<\/p>\n Earlier<\/strong>: Man Arrested For Charlie Kirk Post Wins 6 Figure Settlement<\/a><\/p>\n Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . \u00a0He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boat builder who is learning to swim and is interested in rhetoric, Spinozists and humor. Getting back in to cycling wouldn\u2019t hurt either. You can reach him by email at christopherrashadwilliams@gmail.com<\/a> and by Tweet\/Bluesky at\u00a0@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n The post When Did The First Amendment Become A Money Printer?<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n Brace yourself. This fact pattern is stupid. <\/p>\n In Tennessee, a former sheriff recently earned an $800k+ settlement<\/a> after his free speech rights were infringed. Police arrested him at his home and jailed him for over a month because he posted a Charlie Kirk meme. It was a cut-and-dried case from the start<\/a>, but seeing it play out this way should have served as a reminder to police departments nationwide that you can\u2019t just arrest people because they say things you don\u2019t like.<\/p>\n If only the police in Texas bothered to read. <\/p>\n A woman in Texas was recently arrested for warning the locals that the water coming from their faucets was contaminated. And this wasn\u2019t one of those conspiratorial 5G has contaminated our reservoirs either \u2014 the water looked like this: <\/p>\n Fox<\/a> has coverage:<\/p>\n Police in the City of Trinidad, located in Henderson County around an hour south-east of Dallas, arrested Jennifer Combs on May 8 and charged her with felony false alarm or report.<\/p>\n Her arrest stems from a Facebook post she made on her \u2018Southern Belle Watch\u2019 account, where she claimed that the city\u2019s water issues had led to hospitalizations due to bacteria.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The rationale for the charge was that her posts involved false information that could create fear, panic, or unnecessary emergency response in the community. Nice to know they have laws like that on the books \u2014 why aren\u2019t they brought up when people were denying vaccine efficacy so hard that children had to die from measles before they listened to science again<\/a>? Even if she were factually wrong about the cause, there\u2019s no way her posting caused more fear and panic than people turning on their sinks and seeing what they saw.<\/p>\n She\u2019s since filed a lawsuit for being arrested. It isn\u2019t likely that she will get six figures from the suit \u2014 she only spent a day in jail compared to the former sheriff\u2019s 37, but she should be compensated for her time and the violation of her rights either way.<\/p>\n Woman Files Lawsuit After Arrest For Facebook Post Concerning Trinidad Water Supply Issues<\/a> [Fox]<\/p>\n Earlier<\/strong>: Man Arrested For Charlie Kirk Post Wins 6 Figure Settlement<\/a><\/p>\n Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . \u00a0He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boat builder who is learning to swim and is interested in rhetoric, Spinozists and humor. Getting back in to cycling wouldn\u2019t hurt either. You can reach him by email at [email\u00a0protected]<\/a> and by Tweet\/Bluesky at\u00a0@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brace yourself. This fact pattern is stupid. In Tennessee, a former sheriff recently earned an $800k+ settlement after his free speech rights were infringed. Police arrested him at his home and jailed him for over a month because he posted a Charlie Kirk meme. 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