An attorney representing a Kennesaw State University cheerleader argued that efforts to prevent her and four other Black squad members from taking a knee in protest was the suppression of political speech aimed at advancing racial justice.
Plaintiffs lawyer Bruce Brown urged panel members during the online hearing to revive Tommia Dean’s civil rights case against ex-Cobb County Sheriff Neil Warren but often ran into questions doubting whether racial animus could be shown.
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