A former Mississippi corrections officer was not protected by First Amendment speech rights when he was fired for providing a reporter with information about the arrest of a college football player, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Thursday.
On New Year’s Day 2012, a local sports reporter went to the Lee County jail to find out why a Mississippi State wide receiver was behind bars, the appeals court said. A jail supervisor named Rodricus Hurst told him the player was locked up after a bar fight that had taken place the night before.
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