A Greenwood police officer has filed a federal lawsuit against the police chief alleging the chief retaliated against him because he criticized the chief on Facebook.
WRTV has learned the officer who filed the lawsuit, Sam Bowen, is one of five officers who are facing termination or who have resigned.“The biggest thing for me is helping people,” said Bowen. “I didn’t want to be a police officer anywhere else. I wanted to be a police officer where my family and friends were.”
In the days leading up to the May primary, Bowen commented in Greenwood Facebook chatter groups about the crime rate, and criticized Greenwood Police Chief James Ison and Mayor Mark Myers, who was running for re-election. Bowen: I would agree if I'm in uniform, working as a police officer. Bowen said on May 2, primary election day, Chief Ison informed him he was revoking two of Bowen’s privileges: a take-home vehicle and Bowen’s ability to work off-duty law enforcement.
"My speech is protected as a First Amendment right,” said Bowen. “The fact that action is being taken against me for this protected speech is clearly a First Amendment violation. I’m speaking as a private citizen on a matter of public concern.”The city obtained all of his instant messages Bowen had exchanged with other officers from his work computer.
WRTV Investigates to Bowen: “Can you tell us what was in those messages that had the chief concerned?”
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