COUNCIL CUT HIM OFF.
HEATHER HAMEL EXPLAINS WHY THE
JUDGE AGREED WITH HIM.
REPORTER: THE THEY SAY IN
ARRESTING MR. CLAY IT VIOLATED
HIS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
I WAS VERY HAPPY, HE'S
CERTAINLY FEELS VINDICATED NOW.
REPORTER: HE'S TALKING ABOUT HIS
CLIENT, JEFFREY CLAY, AFTER A
JUDGE DROPPED A DISORDERLY
CONDUCT CHARGE AGAINST HIM.
THE COURT FINDING THAT HIS
ARREST WAS A VIOLATION OF FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
THE MESSAGE SHOULD BE RESPECT
OUR RIGHTS OR, YOU KNOW, GIVE UP
YOUR SEATS.
REPORTER: CLAY WAS ASKING THE
SELECT BOARD TO DO JUST THAT ON
FEBRUARY 3.
HE HAD COME TO THE MEETING TO
VOICE HIS CONCERNS THAT THE
BOARD WAS HOLDING WORKSHOPS
DURING ODD HOURS, SOMETHING HE
BELIEVES IS A VIOLATION OF THE
STATE'S RIGHT TO NO LAW.
HE WAS GIVEN FIVE MINUTES TO
SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT
40 SECONDS INTO IT HE WAS CUT
OFF.
THIS IS CHARACTER
ASSASSINATION.
REPORTER: THE BOARD FELT HE
VIOLATED TOWN MEETING RULES.
THE CHIEF ASKED HIM TO LEAVE.
TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF ME,
PLEASE, TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF ME.
TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF ME.
REPORTER: CLAY CONTINUED TO
SPEAK AND THE CHIEF LATER
ARRESTED HIM.
HE DEFENDED HIS ACTIONS AT A
HEARING IN MAY.
HE COMPLETELY DISREGARDED ME,
NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED ANY OF THE
REQUESTS THAT I MADE OF HIM OR
THE WARNINGS.
REPORTER: BUT THE COURT FOUND
THAT CLAY WAS COMPLYING WITH THE
BOARD'S OWN PROTOCOL AND
ALTHOUGH HE KEPT TALK DIAGNOSE
NOTHING WRONG.
WE'VE HAD THE CONSTITUTION
FOR OVER 200 YEARS, THE FIRST
AMENDMENT SHOULD BE UNDERSTOOD
BY NOW THAT YOU CAN'T CENSOR
PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, ESPECIALLY
PUBLIC OFFICIALS.
REPORTER: WE DID REACH OUT TO
