A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit against a former Kansas City police detective who arrested a man during an event at the Kansas City library.
Chief judge Beth Phillips ruled the former detective, Brent Parsons, had probable cause to arrest Jeremy Rothe-Kushel, of Lawrence, Kansas, at the library in 2016. Rothe-Kushel contended in the lawsuit that his free speech rights were violated when he was arrested while questioning a speaker, diplomat Dennis Ross. A library employee also was arrested.
The judge ruled Rothe-Kushel had a right to ask Ross questions but not to deprive others of asking their questions.
