Inglewood City Attorney Ken Campos violates Constitution and 1st Amendment to suppress public comment
Uplift Inglewood coalition member Michael Wilson being physically removed from the speakers podium at the regular Inglewood City Council meeting held June 19, 2018, after trying to serve the Mayor and Council with a new lawsuit. (photo: D'artagnan Scorza)
Inglewood City Attorney Ken Campos has issued new Rules of Decorum to establish public guidelines to regulate speech on the city’s Facebook page. Particularly, comments made during the live broadcast of weekly council meetings every Tuesday starting at 2pm. Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts didn’t like the public’s comments during the September 15th meeting so he had the video deleted from the city’s Facebook page.
City Attorney Ken Campos is an employee, not an elected official, therefore it is not a stretch to conclude he is violating the law to appease this council. His office does selective enforcement of the Inglewood Municipal Code and state laws which has cost the city hundreds of thousands of dollars in the process in order to protect Butts’ fragile ego.
While watching the September 22nd meeting, residents commented they could see comments being deleted in real time. The social media team consists of Yakema Decatur, who monitors the comment section during the council meeting, and Thomas Bunn who controls the audio and visual display on the city’s Facebook page.
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the interactive portion of a public official’s Facebook page is a “public forum,” so an official cannot block people from it because of the opinions they hold.
Related: Court Rules Public Officials Can’t Block Critics on Facebook
The case arose after the chair of a local board of supervisors in Virginia, Phyllis Randall, briefly blocked a critic from her official Facebook page and deleted a comment he made about her colleagues’ management of public funds.
Inglewood has blocked 2UrbanGIrls and multiple residents and members of the public from commenting on the city’s official Facebook page.
Ken Campos’ primary job is selectively enforcing the law when it benefits the mayor and city council. Whether its suing a resident, allowing a city employee to violate the Inglewood Municipal Code to run for office, and removing duties from the treasurer, Campos continues to bring liability to taxpayers.
Inglewood residents should demand the city attorney become elected BY THE PEOPLE in order to serve the people and NOT the council.
Residents can join the movement to stop the nonsense in city hall by joining the Concerned Residents Against Future Tax Entanglements (CRAFTE) by clicking here.
Well, well, well At least now standard op is in print.
Rather mind provoking in a time when Black Lives Matter and the Me Too concepts have been in the news (and in the streets) that this NEW control opposition ruling has been published which raises many issues worthy of recognizing .
Mayor Butts (former Santa Monica Police Chief -who does not believe that Miranda warnings should be required see: Santa Monica/Miranda Warning /Supreme Court). is now on record pretty much saying Black and Brown Community Members have no right to express their opinion in public meetings will be banned from meeting attendance and will be blocked altogether from expressing anything but praise for his royal decrees and plans !
So he has now called on us all to let him know we are not his servants / ALL RESIDENTS WORDS DO MATTER !
This new Rule which the CITY COUNCIL as a whole has declared acceptable tells-us all that a recall is NECESSARY !!!! Our opinions should each be respected even when we disagree with each other. This new ruling is contrary to the very premise of free speech the right to protest and right to participation in OUR government !!! Let us not forget the Boston Tea Party , the words OF, BY, and FOR the PEOPLE and the many men, and women in uniform and in street clothes fought for this one premise that we are NOT TO BE KEPT SILENT !
Let us also consider the hypocrisy of the “aforementioned “ Social Media Rules of Decorum:
The city allows building size graphics promoting alcohol – will a stop be put to that?
Mayor Butts has routinely spoken in derogatory fashion about elected it on “his team” ie Judge Dorn, Daniel Tabor, Mike Stevens, Judy Dunlap, recently Wanda Brown. School Board President Scorza.
Mayor Butts has often implied/openly suggested that some are racist if they disagreed with him and claimed they only strive only to take down black men often the person was also black.
Mayor Butts has often sat in his chair and encouraged violence against those who disagree with him and told one community member to go choke herself
Mayor Butts and his team allowed the operating against municipal code marijuana distributors to operate in plain sight Manchester Century Market for many years even after community comments at council meetings
Mayor Butts sued a community member when the words did not please him falsely claiming council meeting video was protected by copyright attempting to violate that community member free speech right
Mayor Butts Clutters many City documents with Rams, SoFi, and Clipper copyrighted Logos
Mayor Butts creates positions for and promotes women with whom he has personal involvement into those positions and uses tax dollars to handsomely reward those who go along
The rumor has been confirmed with the twelve million dollar lawsuit from the former girlfriend!
Overall Mayor Butts routinely “spreads misinformation” :
council meetings can not be copyright protected,
the stadium petition will permit residents to vote IF they want a stadium just like they voted about a Walmart ——followed by there is no need for a vote -the petition showed people wanted a stadium.
the stadium will be privately funded but
did not mention residents may /will be taxed to build the people mover
tax money was used to beautify the streets leading to and from the Sports Complex(s).
City employees will be responsible for some inside the complex maintenance
BUTTS ALAS IS NOW OPENLY PRINTING WHO HE IS the man who wants to be God and King
The Attorney General needs to file charges on the Inglewood Mayor and council. In addition, file charges in all of Compton elected and appointed staff.
They all need to be in jail, their leadership is criminal.