A Facebook post about problems with the City of Trinidad's water quality led to the arrest of a Henderson County resident, who says she's filed a lawsuit against the city and called the arrest "political retaliation."

Jennifer Combs was arrested after making claims in a Facebook post that residents had been hospitalized after consuming the water in Trinidad.

Trinidad officials confirmed that the city has been having water issues, but wouldn’t say if anyone had been hospitalized.

Combs has since filed a lawsuit against the city and several officials, claiming the arrest was an act of “political retaliation.”

  • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    I watched a news clip about this and he refused to speak to reporters later on too. The mayor did speak but wouldn’t pick a side. Either way, this is clearly 1st Amendment speech protected by the constitution as it was just a facebook post and video showing her filling her sink and tub with dirty brown water. Even the woman’s lawyer stated that speech doesn’t need to be accurate. If we’re going to prosecute people for Facebook disinformation, we can go ahead and arrest the entire executive and congressional branch.