mo4ch:>Man charged with felony over cop-mocking Facebook page allowed to sue cops | Mo4ch News

An Ohio man charged with – and acquitted of – a felony over a satirical Facebook page mocking his local police department can sue both the city and the police who tried to send him to prison, a federal judge has ruled.Anthony Novak, arrested in 2016 on felony charges for his Facebook parody of the Parma, Ohio Police Department, can sue the city of Parma and the officers who arrested him, Sixth Circuit Judge Amul Thapar has ruled, because the officers clearly violated Novak’s constitutionally-protected right to free speech. Also on rt.com#RespectThePolice order backfires after cathartic VIDEOS of soaked cops go viral“This case goes to the heart of what it means to be an American,” Novak’s lawyer, Subodh Chandra, declared in an interview following the decision.“We have not only the right to criticize government, but to mock it mercilessly.”And mock it mercilessly Novak’s page did – it appeared at first glance to be a carbon copy of the Parma Police Department’s webpage, and only a close…