Anthony C. Greene v. Jack Barber, Edward Hillyer, Victor Gillis, William Hegarty, and the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan

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• holding that the First Amendment prohibited a police officer from retaliating against a plaintiff who called him an a**hole
• finding that arrestee’s characterization of an officer as an “asshole” protected by the First Amendment
• finding that the plaintiff’s characterization of police officer as an “asshole” and “stupid” was constitutionally protected speech
• finding that the plaintiff’s characterization of police officer as an “asshole” and “stupid” was constitutionally protected
• stating that, “[a]t a minimum a 1983 plaintiff must show that a supervisory official at least implicitly authorized, approved, or knowingly acquiesced in the unconstitutional conduct”
• explaining that “[s]upervisory liability under §1983 does not attach when it is premised on a mere failure to act; it ‘must be based on active unconstitutional behavior’”

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