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http://www.srpressgazette.com/news/aclu_5047___article.html/atf_judge.html
Judge approves ACLU lawsuit against ATF
Lawsuit Claims ATF’s Unlawful Retaliation for Free Speech
2008-10-03 12:07:00
Jeni Senter
ACLU Director of Communications Brandon Hensler says the American Civil
Liberties Union of Florida received an early victory today when Senior Federal
Judge Lacey A. Collier denied the ATF’s motions for summary judgment in
Kilpatrick v. U.S.
The ACLU filed the case on April 18, 2006, on behalf of Karen J. Kilpatrick, who
claimed that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) violated her Free
Speech rights.
Kilpatrick was driving her blue van in Pensacola on April 19, 2004, with the
slogans “Remember the Children of Waco” and “Boo ATF” written on some of the
windows when she was pulled over by police for questioning by the ATF.
The ACLU argues in the lawsuit that her First Amendment Rights to Free Speech
and her Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure
were violated when officers detained her for an hour, searched her car without
consent, and ordered her to remove the writing on the side of her van.
“The ATF’s actions were unconstitutional and there was no legal justification to
stop and question Ms. Kilpatrick. We believe that the ATF was trying to silence
Ms. Kilpatrick and the 911 call substantiates this position,” said Bert Oram,
ACLU cooperating counsel.
“We are confident that we can win this case once the facts are demonstrated and
we are pleased that we will be able to make our case in court,” he says.
Counsel for Kilpatrick v. The United States of America are Bert Oram, ACLU
cooperating attorney; and Benjamin Stevenson, ACLU of Florida staff attorney in
Pensacola.
The MP3 file of the 911 call and a PDF copy of the Order on Summary Judgment can
be viewed at: http://www.aclufl.org/pdfs/Kilpatrick-SJ.pdf.
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