SUSPECT.
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THIS MORNING TWO STUDENTS AT
KELLOGG COMMUNITY COLLEGE ARE
SUING THE BATTLE CREEK SCHOOL
FOR ALLEGEDLY VIOLATING THEIR
FREE SPEECH RIGHTS.
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24 HOUR NEWS 8'S ABIGAIL
TAYLOR IS IN THE NEWSROOM WITH
WHAT LED UP TO THIS FEDERAL
LAWSUIT... ABIGAIL?
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LYNSEY --- WE REACHED OUT TO
THE COLLEGE FOR A RESPONSE AND
THEY SAID THEY'RE STILL
REVIEWING THE LAWSUIT -- BUT
IN A STATEMENT SAID THEY ARE
SUPPORTERS OF THE CONSTITUTION
AND TAKE ALLEGATIONS LIKE THIS
VERY SERIOUSLY. BUT THE
STUDENTS SUING THEM SAY THAT
DIDN'T STOP THE SCHOOL FROM
HAVING THEM ARRESTED -- JUST
FOR HANDING OUT COPIES OF THE
CONSTITUTION ON CAMPUS.
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LOOK AT THIS VIDEO FROM
SEPTEMBER OF 2015 -- IT SHOWS
BRANDON WITHERS AND MICHELLE
GREGIORE BEING PUT INTO
HANDCUFFS. RIGHT AFTER THIS --
THE STUDENTS SAY THEY WERE
TAKEN TO JAIL -- WHERE THEY
STAYED SEVEN HOURS BEFORE
BONDING OUT. THE PROSECUTOR
DID NOT END UP PRESSING
CHARGES... BUT FOR THESE
STUDENTS, THAT'S NOT ENOUGH.
THEIR LAWSUIT -- FILED LAST
WEEK -- CLAIMS THEY WERE IN AN
OPEN AREA AND NOT BLOCKING ANY
WALKWAYS --- áALL WITHIN THEIR
FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. LAST
NIGHT -- WE SPOKE WITH THE
DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR
ACADEMIC FREEDOM WHO SAYS IT'S
THEIR MISSION TO STOP
INCIDENTS LIKE THIS ONE FROM
HAPPENING ON ANY CAMPUS.
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((11:29:53-30:04)) ((09))
((CASEY MATTOX, DIRECTOR OF
THE CENTER FOR ACADEMIC
FREEDOM)) "IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR THE REST OF US
BECAUSE THESE STUDENTS ARE
GONNA BE TOMORROW'S
LEGISLATORS AND JUDGES AND
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND OTHER
FOLKS IN POSITIONS WHERE THEY
NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE
FIRST AMENDMENT WORKS."
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OFTEN TIMES CASES LIKE THIS
ARE SETTLED OUT OF COURT, BUT
THIS GROUP SAYS IT HAS AND
WILL TAKE THIS AS HIGH AS THE
US SUPREME COURT, IF
NECESSARY. LIVE IN THE
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