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   On 11 Mar 2022, Lefty Lundquist  posted some   
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   > Aw.  The fat nigger's feelings got hurt.   
      
   A parent is suing Denver Public Schools and school board Vice President   
   Auon’tai Anderson in federal court, alleging the board member violated her   
   First Amendment right to free speech by blocking her from viewing and   
   posting on his Facebook page.   
      
   The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Denver on Tuesday, comes amid   
   legal uncertainty in the United States over whether elected officials can   
   legally block constituents from their social media pages.   
      
   Colorado legislators passed a law earlier this year allowing elected   
   leaders to ban anyone from their private social media accounts. The state   
   law was a first-of-its-kind statute, but the U.S. Supreme Court is set to   
   hear two similar cases and determine the constitutionality of the practice   
   in its coming session.   
      
   The lawsuit by Denver parent Eve Chen was filed, in part, to directly   
   challenge Colorado’s new law — and is the first to do so, said Andrew   
   McNulty, an attorney representing Chen.   
      
   “That state law is unconstitutional,” he said, adding, “It attempts to   
   give (public officials) the right to censor speech.”   
      
   Anderson said in a statement that his actions were “in strict compliance”   
   with the new Colorado law, which he said “empowers elected officials to   
   regulate their social media interactions.”   
      
   “Since my election to the Denver School Board, which marked me as the   
   youngest African American to assume public office, my family and I have   
   been subjected to harassment and death threats via social media   
   platforms,” Anderson said. “This is why I closely monitor my social media   
   presence.”   
      
   DPS is also named as a defendant in the lawsuit, which noted Colorado’s   
   largest school district doesn’t have a policy that addresses when its   
   elected officials may block people from their social media pages or delete   
   comments.   
      
   The district released a statement in response to the lawsuit, noting board   
   members are elected and not employed by the district — and that the   
   allegations in the legal filing involve Anderson’s personal social media   
   account.   
      
   “The district has no oversight or control over board members or their   
   social media accounts,” DPS said in its statement. “Because of that, each   
   member is solely responsible for their actions on social media.”   
      
   Board member’s Facebook page   
   The Facebook account at the center of the lawsuit is one titled Denver   
   School Board Vice President — Auon’tai Anderson, which Anderson has used   
   to post about district business, including DPS policy, according to the   
   lawsuit.   
      
   On July 31, Anderson posted an update regarding the board’s upcoming vote   
   on whether to support Superintendent Alex Marrero’s decision to fire   
   former McAuliffe International School Principal Kurt Dennis.   
      
   Parents and others in the community criticized Dennis’s termination, which   
   came months after he spoke in a televised news interview about safety   
   concerns following the March shooting at East High School.   
      
   Anderson in his post referenced a closed meeting that had occurred between   
   the Northeast Denver Innovation Zone board — which McAuliffe is part of —   
   and Dennis. Anderson said he had asked the zone’s leaders to release   
   footage of their closed meeting ahead of the DPS board’s vote on Dennis’s   
   termination, according to the lawsuit.   
      
   Chen, a parent of a McAuliffe student, saw the July 31 post and “became   
   concerned that Defendant Anderson was, again, unfairly targeting Mr.   
   Dennis and the McAuliffe International School community,” according to the   
   lawsuit.   
      
   “Chen also believed it was hypocritical for Defendant Anderson to call for   
   transparency in this instance when he blocked full transparency related to   
   an investigation into defendant Anderson’s behavior,” the lawsuit states.   
      
   So Chen commented under Anderson’s post asking, “Where can I email to ask   
   for an unredated (sic) investigation report against you as a tax payer? As   
      
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