Athel B. Cooper, Cross-Appellee v. William E. Smith, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Sheriff of Camden County, Georgia

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• holding that a county deputy’s cooperation with a GBI investigation into corruption in the Sher- iff’s Department constituted speech on a matter of public concern
• “There can be no doubt that corruption in a police department is an issue of public concern.”
• af- firming, in qualified immunity context, district court’s finding that a plaintiff’s reports of corruption to law enforcement involved mat- ters of public concern

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