Majority Upholds Dismissal Of Claims In Police Chief’s Firing Over Racist Texts

( July 18, 2025, 8:09 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals majority agreed with a federal judge in California’s ruling that the forwarding of racist text messages that led to the firing of a city police chief were not “a matter of legitimate public concern” in denying a petition for rehearing and rehearing en banc for claims of retaliation and conspiracy pursuant the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution....

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