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INVESTIGATIVE REPORT By Don Matthews | We The People News 📌 Related Coverage — Aberdeen Federal Courthouse Arrest Aberdeen Police Chief Shumpert Arrests Journalist at Federal Courthouse Less than 96…
On June 4, 2026, Aberdeen Police Chief D. Shumpert arrested journalist Matthew Reardon in the parking lot of the Thomas G. Abernethy Federal Building in Aberdeen, Mississippi — after Reardon…
Union County Sheriff arrests journalist Matthew Reardon for carrying a 'FUCK CITY HALL' sign into public buildings — the exact conduct the Supreme Court protected in Cohen v. California (1971).
A Union County Justice Court judge dismissed the Supremacy Clause with profanity from the bench — during a public profanity trial. Matthew Reardon, charged under Mississippi Code §97-29-47 for a…
A journalist walks into a Union County Board of Supervisors meeting to exercise his right to public comment. One question. One word. Then — handcuffs, a...
Union County Supervisor C.J. Bright attempts to silence a journalist during a public First Amendment audit in New Albany, Mississippi — all caught on...