Robert C. McMullen v. Dale Carson, Individually and as Sheriff of the City of Jacksonville, Fla., and City of Jacksonville, Fla.

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• recognizing that police departments have an important governmental interest in maintaining public confidence in the police force and public respect for its officers
• differentiating between \passive\ and \active\ associational membership in supporting discharge of clerical employee in Sheriff's office
• differentiating between “passive” and “active” associational membership in supporting discharge of clerical employee in Sheriffs office
• taking into consideration an “under- standably adverse public reaction” that would “seriously and dan- gerously threaten[] to cripple the ability of the law enforcement agency to perform effectively its public duties”
• in reviewing factual findings in First Amendment cases, court uses an independent examination of the record and is not bound by the clearly erroneous standard
• city lawfully dismissed a clerical employee who publicly MOSER V. LVMPD 19 identified himself as a sheriff’s office employee who also moonlights as a KKK recruiter

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