Confederate Flag Display Supports Georgia Policewoman’s Firing

A former Roswell, Ga., police sergeant failed to show her free speech retaliation lawsuit over her firing for flying Confederate battle flags outside her home was improperly dismissed, the Eleventh Circuit ruled Wednesday.

A version of the flag had been flown outside Silvia Cotriss’ home for more than a year, sometimes with her police cruiser parked nearby, the court said. A jury couldn’t find that her termination violated the First Amendment even though the citizen who reported the flag to Roswell’s police chief was wrong that the cruiser was parked at her home, and even though Cotriss removed the flag ...