Nantucket’s African meeting house
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Thursday,
June 10, 2021
6:42 a.m.
(June 10, 2021) A Nantucket Superior Court judge on Wednesday granted a motion by city officials to separate the first two counts in a civil rights lawsuit against them seeking information about the vandals the African Meeting House is in House defaced 2018.
The first two counts of the lawsuit, filed by Islanders James Barros and Rose Marie Samuels, allege that their civil rights were violated at a meeting of the Select Board in March 2020 while discussing the still unresolved issue Vandalism.
Barros and Samuels attorney, John R. Witt, filed a motion on their behalf Monday, asking the court to deny the city’s motion.
The original complaint contained three charges, two of which the city intends to dismiss. Count one requires a statement that the Select Board’s speaking policy is unconstitutional. Count two argues city officials have violated the Massachusetts Civil Rights Act.
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