Don A. Brawner v. City of Richardson, Texas, L.F. Eudy, Richardson Police Department Director, and Kenneth Yarbrough, Chief of Police

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• holding that alleged misconduct by public officials, particularly law-enforcement officials, is a matter of public concern
• \[A] reasonably objective public official would have known that termination of an employee for his speech concerning misconduct by public officials would violate a clearly established constitutional right.\
• accusations of wastefulness or gross mismanagement

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