Shasta County protester faces jail after silently holding a sign

In Redding, California, a former preschool teacher was arrested, prosecuted, and initially sentenced to jail time for quietly sitting on the floor at a county board meeting with a protest sign.

Her case has become a symbol of the increasingly volatile politics in Shasta County, where public meetings have turned into ideological battlegrounds and critics say officials are cracking down on dissent. — Read the rest

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