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Nashville Firefighter To Get $450k Settlement

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December 20, 2022
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A Nashville firefighter who was disciplined over a social media post is poised to accept a $450,000 settlement from the city. Josh Lipscomb, who besides being a firefighter is a comedian that goes by the stage name of Josh Black, was suspended for fourteen days for the Twitter post he made in February, 2022.

Lipscomb made the post under his stage name in response to a city council decision to allow license-plate readers. It stated: “I hate feeding into the illusion that America’s government and existence is legitimate, so I’m no fan of voting. But the majority of Nashville City Council is white supremacists. I know it’s boring, but millennials have to start caring about local elections. These folks want us dead.”

After the discipline was announced, Lipscomb filed suit in Davidson County Chancery Court  contending it violated his First Amendment right to free speech. In October, 2022, Davidson County Judge Patricia Head Moskal concluded that two of the four policies that Lipscomb challenged, were unconstitutional restrictions of employee free speech. She issued a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of the policies.

The $450,000 settlement has been recommended by the city’s legal department. It goes before the Metro Council for Nashville & Davidson County tomorrow evening for final approval. More on the story.





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