Tarrant County commissioners propose new rules for public speakers after public arrests at previous meeting
After three members of the public were detained at the Tarrant County Commissioners Court last week, officials are proposing new rules of decorum for public speakers
More arrests made at Tarrant County Commissioners Court during discussions about courtroom behavior
A new set of meeting rules lays out when people can get kicked out of Commissioners Court meetings and how long they can be banned.
Public speakers hurl expletives in challenge of Tarrant County’s new decorum policy
Later during general public comments, gun rights activist Christopher J. Grisham was removed from the court after using profanity during his comments. Grisham was also detained and put in handcuffs at the Jan. 14 session after arguing with bailiffs over his right to carry a firearm in the court.
Emotions ran high, two arrested at Tarrant County Commissioner's Court at briefing on jail deaths
During the first meeting of the year at Tarrant County Commissioner’s Court, emotions ran high as Sheriff Bill Waybourn along with other officials gave an update about recent jail deaths. Two people were arrested during the meeting after the sheriff’s office said they disrupted court proceedings.
Tarrant County commissioners to consider new meeting rules after arrests, bans
Two people were arrested at the last Tarrant County Commissioners Court meeting, but the new policy was already in the works before that.
Two arrested at Tarrant County Commissioner's Court during briefing on jail deaths
According to the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office, Charlie Hermes spoke out at the meeting and was warned by Tarrant County Judge Tim O'Hare. When Hermes continued to disrupt the meeting, he was arrested by deputies, removed from the courtroom and charged with disrupting a public meeting, TCSO said
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