The WV Town With No First Amendment Rights - Panhandling and the First Amendment

Jeff Gray, the “Godfather” of First Amendment auditors on Youtube, this week stopped in a couple different small towns here in West Virginia, publishing two videos of his encounters.

Jeff went to Mount Hope, West Virginia. When Jeff told me he was coming through West Virginia, asking where he should go, I told him about Mount Hope, where I exposed the fact that they had this police officer who was essentially terrorizing motorists on a nearby four lane highway. So apparently that’s where he chose to go, and you can watch the full video on his channel about just what happened.

A town official basically claims that the First Amendment doesn’t apply in her town. Is “panhandling” protected free speech?

More, and links: https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/2022/10/01/wv-town-official-we-dont-allow-the-first-amendment-here/

Jeff’s Video: https://youtu.be/q0GKthtMKOM

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