Lawsuit challenging Chicago police policy on tattoos is tossed out
Jeremy Gorner
Chicago Tribune
October 29
... U.S. District Judge Charles Kocoras ruled that the city's goal to have a professional-looking department with uniform restrictions outweighs the officers' interests in expressing themselves by keeping their tattoos visible while on duty.
In filing the suit against the city in July, Officers Daniel Medici, John Kukielka and Dennis Leet argued that the crackdown by the department violated their First Amendment rights of freedom of speech and expression. The officers all have tattoos on their arms ...
The judge also cited the Confederate flag as an example, saying that while the flag may signify honor and valor to some, others view it as a symbol of racial inequality.
"Due to the fact that symbols can be so easily misinterpreted, regulation of tattoos by their content would be unworkable and ineffective," Kocoras wrote ...
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