Ex-Nashville Firefighter Wins Nearly $1.8 Million-Dollar Verdict in Free-Speech Lawsuit

A federal jury has awarded a former Nashville firefighter nearly $1.8 million over his demotion for making comments on social media the city deemed inappropriate.

Larry Turner, who served as a captain with the Nashville Fire Department, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city’s Metro Government and Davidson County after he was demoted in 2020 for a series of critical social media posts on subjects such as Black Lives Matter (BLM) and the COVID-19 mask mandate.

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