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RICHARD L HOLCOMB (HI Bar No. 9177)
BRIAN J BRAZIER (HI Bar No. 9343) (Of Counsel)
Holcomb Law, A Limited Liability Law Corporation
1136 Union Mall, Suite # 808
Honolulu, HI 96813
Telephone: (808) 545-4040
Facs1mile: (808) 356-1954
Email:
Email: brianbrazier gmail.com
ALAN BECK (HI Bar No. 9145)
Attorney at Law
4 780 Governor Drive
San Diego, California 92122
Tele_r,hone: (808) 295-6733
Emall: ngord2000@yahoo.com
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF HAW All
Hawaii Defense Foundation,
Christopher Baker,
and Derek Scammon
Plaintiffs,
vs.
City and County of Honolulu;
Anorew Lum, in his personal and
official capacity;
John Does 1-10 in their personal and
official capacities.
Defendants.
CASE NO.
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF
MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY
INJUNCTION
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I. Introduction
The First Amendment of the United States protects the "freedom of
speech". U.S. Const. amend I. Political speech is at the core of that protected
by the First Amendment. NewYork Times, Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254
(1964). The United States Supreme Court applied the First Amendment's
free of speech and freedom of press provisions to the states in 1925. Gitlow
v. New York, 268 U.S. 652 (1925).
The City and County of Honolulu, through its subdivision the
Honolulu Police Department ("HPD") and its agents, operate an official
social media page through the website "Facebook.com." The page states that
it is the "official Facebook page of the Honolulu Police Department."
1
The
site purports to be "a forum open to the public."
2
A forum is by definition a
place for discussion. However, the administrators of this public forum
censored comments left by the Plaintiffs by removing those comments from
the website. Plaintiffs and other members of Hawaii Defense Foundation
("HDF") were subsequently banned from any participation in the forum.
Plaintiffs seek an injunction restoring their deleted posts, permitting
Plaintiffs to participate and advance their political views in the forum
1
Exhibit One, Screen Shot from HPD Facebook page.
2
Exhibit Two, HPD Facebook page "General Information."
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discussions, and prohibiting Defendants, their officers, agents, servants,
employees, and all persons in active concert or participation with them who
receive notice of the injunction from banning not only Plaintiffs but any
person for political speech made on the Honolulu Police Department's
facebook page and/or removing posts based on their political content.
II. STANDING
A. Plaintiffs have standing.
As a preliminary matter, the Plaintiffs have standing. To satisfy
standing requirements, a plaintiff must show: "(1) it has suffered an 'injury
in fact' that is (a) concrete and particularized and (b) actual or imminent
conjectural or hypothetical; (2) the injury is fairly traceable to the challenged
action of the defendant; and (3) it is likely, as opposed to merely speculative,
that the injury will be redressed by a favorable decision." Friends of the
Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Envtl. Servs. (TOC), Inc., 528 U.S. 167, 180-81
(2000) (quoting Lujan v. Defenders of Wildfire, 504 U.S. 555, 560-61
(1992)).
In this case, Plaintiffs' comments were deleted from the public forum
(i.e., HPD's Facebook page) without cause and Plaintiffs were banned from
all further participation in the forum discussion. Thus, through Defendants'
actions and/or omissions, Plaintiffs' political speech has been censored from
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a public forum and Plaintiffs have no means of expressing their particular
political viewpoints in this particular forum. In contrast, other members of
the community continue to enjoy the use of this forum. If Plaintiffs were
given the opportunity they would resume commenting on the HPD Facebook
page in order to express opinions about issues brought up by or related to
HPD.
B. Hawaii Defense Foundation has Organizational Standing
The United States Supreme Court has held that an organization or
association "has standing to bring suit on behalf of its members when: (a) its
members would otherwise have standing to sue in their own right; (b) the
interests it seeks to protect are germane to the organization's purpose; and
(c) neither the claim asserted, nor the relief requested, requires the
participation of individual members in the lawsuit." Hunt v. Washington
State Apple Advertising Comm., 432 U.S. 333, 343 (1977). Here, HDF has
standing.
First, all Plaintiffs are members of the Hawaii Defense Foundation
("HDF").
3
Each clearly has standing as discussed above; and the first prong
of the Hunt test is satisfied. Second, the purpose of HDF is to "to defend
3
Declarations of Plaintiffs Christopher Baker and Derek Scammon, attached
as Exhibits Three and Four.
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and protect the civil rights of arms owners. "
4
As this lawsuit directly
challenges government action that violates HDF members' civil rights, the
second prong of the Hunt test is also satisfied. Third, the relief sought does
not require the participation of any HDF members. Therefore, HDF clearly
has organizational standing.
III. THE PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION SHOULD ISSUE
The proper legal standard for preliminary injunctive relief requires the
moving party to demonstrate "that he is likely to succeed on the merits, that
he is likely to suffer irreparable harm in the absence of preliminary relief,
that the balance of equities tips in his favor, and that an injunction is in the
public interest." Winter v. Natural Res. Def Council, Inc., 55 U.S. 7, 19,
129 S.Ct. 365, 374, 172 L.Ed.2d 249 (2008).
A. Plaintiffs are likely to succeed on the merits.
Plaintiffs' First Amendment Rights have been violated.
Limited or designated public forums are defined as an outlet "which
the state has opened for use by the public as a place for expressive activity"
and are treated substantially the same as traditional public forums. Perry
Local Educators' Association, 460 U.S. 37, 45 (1983). This public forum
need not be a physical place. For example, in Rosenberger v. Rector and
4
Exhibit Five, HDF Charter.
4
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Visitors ofthe University of Virginia, 515 U.S. 819 (1995), the Court found
that Virginia had created a limited public forum when it established a fund
that would cover the cost of publications by eligible student groups and that
denying such funding to a student group, which wished to publish a
Christian newspaper, violated the First Amendment.
Here, in creating an official Facebook page, Defendants have also
created (at the very least) a designated public forum. There is no question as
to whether Defendants intended the official HPD Facebook page be a public
forum. Indeed, on the page itself, Defendants have so designated the page
stating that this .is "a forum open to the public."
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Defendants have only
warned that "obscene, sexually explicit, racially derogatory, defamatory
comments or labels, solicitations or advertisements, or comments suggesting
or encouraging illegal activities" might be removed from the forum.
6
There
is no suggestion that even offending participants would be banned from
participation even when those rules were violated.
7
While the Defendants' Facebook page is clearly not a physical
location, the facts of Rosenberger are closely analogous to those of this case.
See Id. Defendants have created an outlet for expressing viewpoints just as
5
Exhibit Two.
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Exhibit Two.
7
See Exhibit Two.
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that created by the University of Virginia. Id. Defendants have denied
participation in that particular outlet to citizens who have expressed
protected political speech based solely on Defendants' disagreement with
that protected speech. The only difference is that in Rosenberger, supra.,
the University of Virginia had a policy in place preventing it from
supporting a particular (in that case, religious) viewpoint. !d. Here,
although reliance on a policy would be no justification of the Defendants'
conduct, there is no policy whatsoever. Defendants have so admitted in
response to a Uniform Information Practices Act request.
8
Indeed, the Facebook page is more akin to a traditional forum than
that of the fund at issue in Rosenburger. As such the Facebook page must
conform to the requirements of a public forum. Specifically, content-based
restrictions that apply to certain viewpoints but not others face the highest
level of scrutiny. Legal Services Corp. v. Velazquez, 531 U.S. 535 (2001).
Here, plaintiffs were banned from the Facebook page based upon the
political content of their posts. Accordingly, strict scrutiny applies. To meet
strict scrutiny, censorship must be justified by a compelling governmental
interest, narrowly tailored, and by the least restrictive method to achieve the
government interest. See e.g., Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce,
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Exhibit Six, Response to Information Practices Act Request.
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494 U.S. 652, 655 (1990); Boos v. Barry, 485 U.S. 312, 334 (1988)
(plurality); see also Burson v. Freeman, 504 U.S. 191, 198 (1992)
(plurality); Board of Airport Comm'rs v. Jews for Jesus, Inc., 482 U.S. 569,
573 (1987); Cornelius v. NAACP Legal Defense and Educ. Fund, Inc., 473
U.S. 788, 800 (1985); United States v. Grace, 461 U.S. 171, 177 (1983);
Perry Educ. Ass'n v. Perry Local Educators' Ass'n, 460 U.S. 37,45 (1983).
It is difficult to imagine circumstances in which it would be
permissible to limit a public forum to all areas of speech except those critical
of the sponsoring government agency. Any argument suggesting that the
government has a compelling interest in preventing criticism of a governing
regime should be summarily dismissed as completely inapposite to the
freedom of all Americans.
Yet, in this case, Defendants simply removed critical comments from
the forum altogether. To add insult to injury, Defendants then banned
Plaintiffs from further participation in the forum, the least narrowly tailored
action imaginable.
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This action was taken without articulating any
compelling reason for curbing the political speech. Moreover, as noted
9
Plaintiff Scammon has since been reinstated. However, his comments
remain removed. Plaintiff Baker remains banned from participation. Both
Plaintiffs' speech has been chilled. Plaintiff Scammon joins numerous
members of organizational Plaintiff Hawaii Defense Foundation in their fear
that the exercise of free speech may result in being banned from further
participation in the forum.
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above, Defendants have admitted the complete absence of any articulated
policies as to how they administer the site.
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Plaintiffs do not dispute that Defendants can restrict the content of the
comments insofar as the parameters of the page's purpose allow, 1.e.
discussing the HPD and subjects tangentially related to it. Indeed, the
Face book page enumerates certain types of speech that it does not allow, e.g.
unprotected speech such as that inciting illegal activity. I I Thus, the
Defendants have designated this particular forum to invite to public
discussion on all topics other than those specifically enumerated.
Importantly, the rules do not disallow political speech.
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Following the holding in Perry, supra., banning users for political
speech and/or eliminating posts is clearly unconstitutional. "The
Constitution forbids a state to enforce certain exclusions from a forum
generally open to the public even if it was not required to create the forum in
the first place." Widmar v. Vincent, 454 U.S. 263_(1981) (university meeting
facilities); City of Madison Joint School District v. Wisconsin Employment
Relations Comm'n, 429 U.S. 167_(1976) (school board meeting);
Southeastern Promotions, Ltd. v. Conrad, 420 U.S. 546 (1975) (municipal
10
Exhibit Six.
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Exhibit Two.
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Exhibit Two.
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theater); Perry Educ. Ass'n 460 U.S. 37, 46 (1983). Although a State is not
required to indefinitely retain the open character of the forum, so long as it
does, it is bound by the same standards that apply in a traditional public
forum.
Instead, the HPD administrators arbitrarily and capriciously removed
Plaintiffs' posts, which were critical of the HPD, from the page. Then,
presumably to prevent any further posting of protected political speech,
Plaintiffs have been subjected to an outright ban on any further participation
in the forum discussions while other members of the public remain invited to
do so. Certainly, no narrowly tailored prohibitions are in place to justify
these actions and this censorship effectuates no compelling state interests.
Plaintiffs' constitutional rights have been and continue to be violated.
The administration of the Facebook page violates due process.
The Due Process Clause states "nor shall any State deprive any person
of life, liberty, or property without due process of law." This requires
procedural safeguards to accompany substantive choices. Const. amend.
XIV. Plaintiffs' comments were censored and their further participation
forbidden without any explanation.
When analyzing procedural due process, the court should apply the
three factor test articulated by the Supreme Com1 in Mathews v. Eldridge,
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424 U.S. 319 (1976). There, the Supreme Court stated that in order to
determine the adequacy of due process, the following should be considered:
First, "[t]he private interest that will be affected by the official action;
second, the risk of an erroneous deprivation of such interest through the
procedures used, and the probable value, if any, of additional or substitute
procedural safeguards; and, finally, the Government's interest, including the
function involved and the fiscal and administrative burdens that the
additional or substitute procedural requirement would entail." Id at 3 21.
Here, the interest affected is Plaintiffs' fundamental right to free
speech. The risk of erroneous deprivation is very high as it appears that only
one person arbitrarily makes the decision, without explanation, and with no
means to have that decision reviewed. Indeed, these Plaintiffs have already
suffered such erroneous deprivation.
The administrative burden imposed on Defendant( s) would be, at
worst, minimal. In fact, unless the governing rules of the forum are changed,
the appropriate action that the administrator( s) should take is none at all -
unless and until unprotected speech was posted at which time, according to
the website itself, Defendants would be expected to take administrative
action. Further, the rules could be amended to notify the public that
unprotected speech would be removed, the offending participant could be
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banned from further participation, and, if desirable, the forum could be
limited to specific topical subjects. The promulgation of any such rules
would alleviate any additional burden, no matter how minimal, that is
created by demanding that the HPD respect the public's First Amendment
Rights. Indeed, once the rules were promulgated, the Facebook
administrator would do no more than they are currently doing.
The only foreseeable additional burden that should be imposed is
affording aggrieved citizens some form of review pertaining to their
removed post(s). Certainly, citizens should be notified and afforded some
meaningful opportunity to be heard before being prohibited from
participating in the public discussion. While it is highly doubtful that the
number of citizens aggrieved by such action would overwhelm
administrators, even if it did require additional or even substantial effort on
the part of HPD, such is the cost due process requires.
For these reasons, Plaintiffs have a very high likelihood of success on
the merits of the case.
B. Plaintiffs are harmed irreparably.
Plaintiffs will suffer irreparable harm to their liberty if not granted a
preliminary injunction. The United Supreme Court has long held that "the
loss of First Amendment freedoms, for even minimal periods of time,
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unquestionably constitutes irreparable injury." Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347
(1976). Indeed, when liberties are infringed, irreparable injury is presumed.
llA Charles Alan Wright et al., Federal Practice & Procedure 2948.1 (2d
ed. 1995) ("When an alleged deprivation of a constitutional right is involved,
most courts hold that no further showing of irreparable injury is
necessary."). Here, Plaintiffs have been and are currently being deprived of
their First Amendment right to free speech in a public forum. The law is
clear. Plaintiffs have suffered irreparable harm.
This factor unmistakably weighs heavily in favor of the issuance of
the requested injunction.
C. The Balance of Equities Mandates Relief.
Plaintiffs suffered the deprivation of a fundamental right. If this
motion is not granted they will continue to suffer. Yet, it is not only
Plaintiffs' liberty that is affected. Anyone wishing to exercise his or her
First Amendment rights in Hawai 'i is subject to arbitrary prohibitions from
doing so. Thus, this case is analogous to Klein v. City of San Clemente, 584
F.3d 1196 (9th Cir. 2009).
In Klein the plaintiffs challenged a prohibition of their fundamental
right to free speech. Id. The Court ruled that because the state action
affected "anyone seeking to express their views in this manner in the City of
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San Clemente[,] the balance of equities and the public interest thus tip
sharply in favor of enjoining the ordinance." Id. at 1208. Similarly,
the policies sub judice, affect anyone who wishes to exercise their
fundamental right of free speech on Defendants' Face book page.
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Regardless of whether this Court grants injunctive relief, Plaintiffs
will have spent a great deal of time deprived of their First Amendment rights
in this particular public forum. No one has the ability to tum back the clock,
only to prevent continued and future deprivation. Therefore, the burden of
denial of an injunction would be great on the plaintiff. On the other hand, as
stated above, the State of Hawai'i suffers no harm by enjoining the
aforementioned conduct and simply instructing the administrator of the
Facebook page to abide by constitutional guidelines- something Defendants
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Notably, the facts of Klein presented an actual interest other than avoiding
public criticism. Specifically, the Plaintiff was attaching fliers to parked
cars. Id. The government argued that , in determining the balance of
equities, "the Court need look no further than the Ordinance itself to find
evidence of the City's interests and goals," as "the City's interest in curbing
litter is evidenced by the explicit title of the ordinance[,] .. . the 'San
Clemente Anti-Litter Ordinance."' Id. at 1203. However, the Court found
that the interest in curbing litter was insufficient to outweigh the plaintiffs
freedom of speech and granted the Plaintiff a preliminary injunction. Id. In
the event that these Defendants invent some argument that they have an
interest in "curbing the litter" of critical political speech on the page, this
argument should fail as the curbing of all litter (and not just that selected for
its content) was squarely rejected in Klein. Notably, Defendants do not
delete such "litter" that is supportive of the HPD. Exhibit Seven, Selected
Posts. Further, and more obviously, this "litter" does not pollute the streets.
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should have done all along. Therefore, the balance of hardships weighs
heavily in the Plaintiff's favor.
D. It serves the public interest to grant relief.
It is in the public interest to issue a preliminary injunction in this
matter. The Ninth Circuit has stated, "all citizens have a stake in upholding
the Constitution" and have "concerns [that] are implicated when a
constitutional right has been violated." Preminger v. Principi, 422 F.3d 815,
826 (9th Cir. 2005). A preliminary injunction vindicating Plaintiffs and
other similarly situated citizens' fundamental First Amendment rights would
advance the shared interest of all citizens in enforcing the Constitution's
guarantees and reinforce this "Nation's basic commitment to foster the
dignity and well-being of all persons within its borders." Goldberg v. Kelly,
397 u.s. 254, 264-65 (1970).
Whenever the government is able to control the appearance of public
sentiment it is an insidious encroachment on American free speech. Indeed,
in this case, government actors have quashed political dissent. This action
epitomizes the very reasons our law has consistently rejected government
censorship. If the government is able to quell, whether by deleting posts or
through the threat of prosecution, any opinions with which it disagrees, our
very democracy is at risk. Since public discourse is the cornerstone of the
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means by which Americans have chosen to govern themselves, it clearly is
in the public interest to prevent the government from censoring such
discourse, be it in electronic forums or otherwise.
III. CONCLUSION
Plaintiffs are entitled to the requested relief. Plaintiffs are likely to
succeed on the merits. Plaintiffs have and will continue to suffer irreparable
harm in the absence of preliminary relief. This harm includes not only a
deprivation of liberty but also a deprivation of income. The balance of
equities tips in his favor. In addition to Plaintiffs, all of Hawaii's citizens
who use the HPD's Facebook page are affected. Thus, the injunction is also
in the public interest.
For any and all of the reasons stated above, Plaintiffs request this
Court issue an order:
compelling Defendants to restore Plaintiffs' deleted posts;
permitting Plaintiffs to participate in the forum;
prohibiting Defendants, their officers, agents, servants,
employees, and all persons in active concert or participation
with them who receive notice of the injunction from banning
persons for political speech those persons have caused to appear
on the Honolulu Police Department's Facebook page and/or
removing posts based on their political content.
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DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i; August 20, 2012.
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sf Richard L. Holcomb
Richard L. Holcomb
Brian Brazier
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
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Attorney for Plaintiffs
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Exhibit One
Honolulu Police Department (Official Site)
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Exhibit Two
General Information
e Honolulu Police Depa nt's Offlcla page on Facebook!
Here you d the rnost recent departmental actrvrt:ies, ne'NS stories,
videos, photos, and distributed by the Honolulu Po Departrnent's
Pub Information Office.
If you need an official source for inforrnation about
Departrnent (HPD) please visit our 'Nebstte at
\Nh this is a forurn open to the public, be dful that access is available for
those 13+. 'vVe ask that you folio',\' our posting guide es belmv; non-
compliance resutt in your message be1ng removed.
No obscenities, explicit or derogatoty language, nor
defamatory comments or labels to'Nard anyone or organization are allo'Ned.
No unauthorized solicrt:ations or advertisements are aliO'Ned.
No cornments suggesting or encouraging illegal actr1ities are allowed.
Persona responsibilrty is assurned by the user for comments, username, and
any Information placed on is page by the user.
The HPD rnonitors this Facebook site acti.rety du g norn1a business hours
from 0745-1630 hrs. fv1onday-Friday, Ha'Naii Standard Time (Ha'Na State and
Federal Holidays are observed). The HPD reserves the right to remove any
post or cornment on this srt:e.
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Exhibit Three
SUPPORTING DECLARATION OF CHRISTOPHER BAKER
1. My name is Christopher Baker. I am a Plaintiff in the above-styled
case.
2. I reside in the State ofHawai'i.
3. I twenty-seven years old and I am a citizen of the United States.
4. I am the acting President and co-founder of the Director of the
Hawaii Defense Foundation.
5. I am an arms owner.
6. During the period of January 1 ih to the 28th, I made a variety of
"wall" posts on the Official Facebook Fan page of the Honolulu Police Department
(http://www.fb.com/honolulu.police) for the purpose of political speech and to
educate others on the topics of self-defense and personal safety; shortly after
posting, my posts were removed from the "wall" of the Honolulu Police Page.
7. After the initial posts were removed, I made additional comments and
posts in protest of the Police Department's actions in deleting my expressive
conduct. This post, just like the others, was removed.
8. After making numerous postings, I discovered that I was banned from
commenting, posting, or significantly participating in the open public forum on the
Honolulu Police Department's Official Facebook Fan page.
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Exhibit Three
9. Additionally, all of my comments on these posts were censored and
removed. The Honolulu Police Department publicly stated that they deleted and
removed my posts.
10. I did not delete or remove any posts made by myself on the Honolulu
Police Department's Official Facebook Fan page.
11. I did not ask or communicate that I wanted my posts to be removed.
12. I am currently still unable to participate on the Honolulu Police
Department's Face book Fan page.
13. If the ban were removed, I would resume posting, commenting,
sharing, and otherwise participating in the public discussion and debate on the
Honolulu Police Department's Official Facebook Fan page through all available
means, but I am unable to do so because of the ban.
I, Christopher Baker, I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is
true and correct. And, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. 1746 and Hawai 'i
law, that all the statements made in this declaration are true to the best of my
information, knowledge and belief.
Dated: Honolulu, Hawai'i, August 15th, 2012.
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Christopher Baker
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Exhibit Four
SUPPORTING DECLARATION OF DEREK SCAMMON
1. My name is Derek Scammon. I am a Plaintiff in the above-styled
case.
2. I reside in the State ofHawai 'i.
3. I am an American citizen.
4. I am a member and a Director of the Hawaii Defense Foundation.
5. I am an arms owner.
6. On or about January 18th, 2012, I made a "wall" post on the Official
Facebook Fan page of the Honolulu Police Department
(http://www.fb.com/honolulu.police) for the purpose of political speech and to
educate others on the topic of self-defense; shortly after posting, my post was
removed from the "wall" of the Honolulu Police Page.
7. Around the 18th of January, 2012, I made an additional post in protest
of the Police Department's continuous violation of civil rights. This post, just like
the others, was removed.
8. Soon after making my posts in January of 2012, I discovered that I
was banned from commenting, posting, or significantly participating in the open
public forum on the Honolulu Police Department's Official Facebook Fan page.
9. Additionally, all of my comments on these posts were censored and
removed.
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Exhibit Four
10. I did not delete or remove any posts made by myself on the Honolulu
Police Department's Official Facebook Fan page.
11. I did not ask or otherwise communicate that I wanted my posts to be
removed.
I, Derek Scammon, I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and
correct. And, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. 1746 and Hawai 'i law, that
all the statements made in this declaration are true to the best of my information,
knowledge and belief.
Dated: Honolulu, Hawai'i, August 15th, 2012.
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