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03-08-2014, 09:48 PM
Andy Ostrowski, candidate for the 2014 Democratic Party nomination for Pennsylvania’s Eleventh Congressional District, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Hazleton on Friday, March 7, alleging First Amendment freedom of speech violations as well as breaches of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Pennsylvania Constitution. This filing action was taken on behalf of his petitioners and campaign. The Ostrowski for Congress campaign reported to the Independent Gazette on Wednesday, March 5, that a campaign volunteer, while collecting nomination signatures on a pubic sidewalk for Ostrowski in Hazleton, was accosted and detained by a Hazleton police officer who claimed that, according to a city ordinance, she needed to secure a $50 permit to engage in the petitioning. When the Ostrowski worker could not produce any such documentation the unidentified police officer allegedly proceeded to confiscate her petition sheets, which bore more than 60 signatures.
The seven-page complaint alleges, among other things, that “Officer Doe and other employees for the City of Hazleton are knowingly engaged, unlawfully, in actions to intentionally impede and harm Mr. Ostrowski in the form of supportive efforts for the incumbent Congressman [Barletta], and at his overt behest.”
Read more here: http://wilkesbarrescrantonig.com/2014/03/07/ostrowski-campaign-federal-civil-rights-lawsuit-hazleton-petitioning-incident/
Sanity Check Radio Show with follow-up:
Andy Ostrowski calls in to discuss his United States Congressional campaign against Rep Lou Barletta (PA-11), and the lawsuit Ostrowski filed against the Hazleton, PA police department for violation of this civil right to run for office.
Listen here: http://sanitycheckradioshow.com/portfolio-view/march-8-2014/
The seven-page complaint alleges, among other things, that “Officer Doe and other employees for the City of Hazleton are knowingly engaged, unlawfully, in actions to intentionally impede and harm Mr. Ostrowski in the form of supportive efforts for the incumbent Congressman [Barletta], and at his overt behest.”
Read more here: http://wilkesbarrescrantonig.com/2014/03/07/ostrowski-campaign-federal-civil-rights-lawsuit-hazleton-petitioning-incident/
Sanity Check Radio Show with follow-up:
Andy Ostrowski calls in to discuss his United States Congressional campaign against Rep Lou Barletta (PA-11), and the lawsuit Ostrowski filed against the Hazleton, PA police department for violation of this civil right to run for office.
Listen here: http://sanitycheckradioshow.com/portfolio-view/march-8-2014/