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Rev. David Black of First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, speaks during a protest in Daley Plaza, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Freedom of speech violations piling up nationally under Trump’s second term

First Amendment violations have become a defining feature of President Donald Trump’s second term in the White House, with the administration and people sympathetic to it ignoring free speech laws and precedent.

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Georgia Officers won’t face any charges in Rayshard Brooks shooting By SUDHIN THANAWALA and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press – 8/23/22

MORROW, Ga. (AP) — A specially appointed prosecutor announced Tuesday that he will not pursue charges against the two white Atlanta police officers who clashed with Rayshard Brooks during a 2020 ...

Democracy Georgia election probe runs into resistance from witnesses By KATE BRUMBACK and MEG KINNARD Associated Press – 8/18/22

ATLANTA (AP) — Prosecutors investigating whether Donald Trump committed crimes as he sought to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia are running into increasing resistance as they seek to ...

Democracy Rudy Giuliani set to testify in Georgia election probe By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press – 8/16/22

ATLANTA (AP) — Rudy Giuliani is scheduled to appear in an Atlanta courthouse to testify before a special grand jury that is investigating attempts by former President Donald Trump and others to ...

Democracy Giuliani is target of election probe, his lawyers are told By KATE BRUMBACK and JILL COLVIN Associated Press – 8/15/22

ATLANTA (AP) — Prosecutors in Atlanta on Monday told lawyers for Rudy Giuliani that he’s a target of their criminal investigation into possible illegal attempts by then-President Donald Trump ...

Georgia Father, son get life for hate crime in Ahmaud Arbery’s death By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press – 8/08/22

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The white father and son convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting after they chased the 25-year-old Black man through a Georgia neighborhood were sentenced ...

Democracy Judge upholds Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s eligibility By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press – 7/26/22

ATLANTA (AP) — A judge in Atlanta has rejected an appeal by a group of voters and affirmed the Georgia secretary of state’s decision that U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is eligible to run ...

Democracy Giuliani ordered to testify in Georgia 2020 election probe By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press – 7/20/22

ATLANTA (AP) — A judge in New York has ordered Rudy Giuliani to appear next month before a special grand jury in Atlanta that’s investigating whether former President Donald Trump and others ...

Democracy US Rep. Hice fights subpoena in Georgia election probe By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press – 7/18/22

ATLANTA (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Jody Hice of Georgia is fighting a subpoena seeking to have him testify before a special grand jury that is investigating whether former President Donald Trump ...

Elections Herschel Walker tries to explain how air works, fails By Richard Eberwein – 7/11/22

Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker confusingly attempted to explain how air pollution works to a group of meet-and-greet attendees Saturday.

Democracy Georgia subpoenaing Giuliani, Graham in Trump election probe By KATE BRUMBACK and JILL COLVIN Associated Press – 7/05/22

ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia prosecutor investigating the conduct of former President Donald Trump and his allies after the 2020 election is subpoenaing U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, former New York ...

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