BLOOM, Judge.
In this case we are asked to determine whether certain "Nazi-like" comments and behavior of Major Donald Pruitt and Sergeant Dennis Pruitt, officers of the Howard County Sheriff's Department, were protected speech under the First Amendment. We are also asked to consider whether the officers were denied procedural due process and equal protection under the law when their punishment for misconduct resulted in the termination of their employment. We find...
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