RODOWSKY, Judge.
This case has been presented as one involving freedom of speech by a public employee. The question is whether a prison guard may be discharged, during the probationary employment period, based in substantial part on the guard's abusive words and conduct directed toward a private citizen, while the guard was off duty, away from the prison, and out of uniform. The facts are straightforward; the procedural history is tangled; and directly applicable...
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