Cambridge cop defends Floyd criticism as a First Amendment right

Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Tuesday defended its decision before the First Circuit to temporarily suspend a police officer who used terms like “drugs” and “career criminal” to describe George Floyd, the Black man murdered by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020 , when he was a comrade Officers stood nearby and onlookers filmed the incident.

In February 2021, Cambridge officer Brian Hussey was placed on administrative leave and suspended for four days after he shared a news article on his personal Facebook page reporting on police reform legislation on Floyd’s behalf and remarked, “Here “honor” matters.” a career criminal, a thief…