A Cambridge, Mass., police officer may go forward with a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim alleging violations of his First Amendment right to free speech against the city of Cambridge and a former commissioner of its police department, after he was suspended by the department when he temporarily posted controversial comments about George Floyd on his private Facebook page, a federal district court in Massachusetts ruled. The city argued that the officer’s post wasn’t protected speech because the city’s interests in maintaining public trust and a department free of bias outweigh his private interests. The court concluded it couldn’t resolve ...

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