As part of the settlement agreement, the County of Maui has dropped its appeal to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, and, for three years, will conduct additional specialized training for current and new Maui Police Department (“MPD”) officers on upholding the 1st Amendment in public spaces.
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Sunday, November 22, 2015
Settlement Requires 1st Amendment Training For Hawaiian Police
On Nov. 16, a Hawaii federal district court approved a settlement agreement (full text) in Goodhue v. County of Maui. In the lawsuit, a pastor and his wife charged that their First Amendment rights were infringed when police hired to provide security prevented them from handing out religious literature on sidewalks outside the Maui Fair. As summarized in an ACLU press release: