Appeals court upholds firing of Cleveland EMS captain who wrote that he wished he’d shot Tamir Rice

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Appeals court upholds firing of Cleveland EMS captain who wrote that he wished he’d shot Tamir Rice
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The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals found that the city’s firing of Jamie Marquardt did not violate Marquardt’s First Amendment right to free speech, upholding a district judge’s ruling.

CLEVELAND, Ohio— A federal appeals panel on Wednesday upheld the firing of a Cleveland EMS captain over offensive online posts he made about the 2014 fatal police shooting of Tamir Rice.

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