Man Arrested With Anti-Police Shirt Sees Suit Revived on Appeal

A man who wore a shirt bearing the message “Fuck the Police” to an Ohio county fair and cursed at officers who escorted him away can pursue a false arrest and retaliation lawsuit, because his speech was protected by the First Amendment, the Sixth Circuit said Tuesday.

Michael Wood was a critic of Clark County law enforcement. A few hours after he arrived at the county fair, the sheriff’s department received a complaint about his shirt. By the time officers arrived, he was no longer wearing the shirt, but the executive director of the fairgrounds told him he needed to ...