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Public commenters allege suppression of speech over invocation and report mistreatment at Courtyard shelter
Summary
Multiple speakers during public comment accused the council of limiting First Amendment speech related to invocations and said residents at the Courtyard homeless shelter face disrespectful treatment by staff and contracted security; the city attorney said agenda rules comply with Nevada law.
During the March 18 City Council meeting, several members of the public used the agenda-period public-comment opportunity to raise two distinct concerns: restrictions on speech about the invocation and allegations of abusive behavior by staff and contracted security at the Courtyard shelter.
Free-speech concerns: A resident identifying herself as Shoshana said she had been barred from speaking about the invocation and argued that her free-speech and religious-expression rights were being targeted in relation to item 37 (the Grant Sawyer development agreement amendment). She told the council she intended to speak on the First Amendment and said…
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