The city of Smyrna “is well on the way to resolving” a federal free speech lawsuit by repealing sections of an ordinance city police had invoked to stop Southern Christian Leadership Conference members from passing out leaflets in a downtown square, said the lawyer who filed the case.
The city also agreed to a permanent injunction, filed Wednesday, that will prevent private event planners managing festivals or other events on city-owned property from shutting down free speech activities in those public spaces, said Atlanta civil rights attorney Gerald Weber.
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