{"article":{"id":148932,"heading":"ACLU files suit against Costa Mesa","author":"Alicia Robinson","created":"2006-03-04 08:48:16","modified":"2006-09-08 12:32:33","last_modified":"Fri, 08 Sep 2006 20:32:33","article":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailypilot.com\/front\/story\/39539p-58934c.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.dailypilot.com\/front\/story\/39539p-58934c.html<\/a> <br><br> Published March 3, 2006  <br>  <br> Modified March 2, 2006 <br><br> REPOST <br><br> ACLU files suit against Costa Mesa <br><br> Lawsuit says man arrested at January council meeting was assaulted by police, denied free speech. <br><br> By Alicia Robinson, Daily Pilot  <br><br> The ACLU on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the city of Costa Mesa over the treatment of a protester who was arrested at a Jan. 3 City Council meeting. <br><br>  <br>  <br> * ALICIA ROBINSON covers government and politics. She may be reached at (714) 966-4626 or at <a href=\"mailto:alicia.robinson@latimes.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">alicia.robinson@latimes.com<\/a>.  <br>  <br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailypilot.com\/front\/story\/39539p-58934c.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.dailypilot.com\/front\/story\/39539p-58934c.html<\/a>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"REPOST...The suit was filed by the ACLU of Southern California on behalf of Benito Acosta, a 24-year-old Costa Mesa resident and Orange Coast College student who also uses the name Coyotl Tezcatlipoca. It claims city officials violated Acosta's rights to free speech, equal protection and due process by silencing him and by using force to restrain him, eject him from the council meeting, and arrest him.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2006\/03\/148932.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}