Lawyers have filed an appeal challenging the dismissal of a lawsuit that objected to Baltimore’s use of non-disclosure agreements in police abuse cases.
U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis ruled last November that Baltimore Brewlacked standing and that Ashley Overbey waived her First Amendment rights when she signed a 2014 non-disclosure agreement with the city.
These “gag provisions” used by the city are inherently unconstitutional, wrote attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland and Crowell & Moring, who filed the original case on behalf of Overbey and The Brew last June.
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