[Libs-Or] FW: [alacoun] Library worker arrested in library after defending patron's free speech

[Sami Pierson]

On the library's calendar, it seems the talk was held in May???
On 9/29/2016 10:45 AM, Carol Dinges wrote:
>
> I can’t find any additional sources, either – it seems like something 
> as outrageous this would be covered by other news sources, too.
>
> Carol Dinges
>
> Lebanon Public Library
>
> *From:*Libs-Or [mailto:libs-or-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] *On 
> Behalf Of *Kirsten Brodbeck-Kenney
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 29, 2016 10:25 AM
> *To:* libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
> *Subject:* Re: [Libs-Or] FW: [alacoun] Library worker arrested in 
> library after defending patron's free speech
>
> I agree it is outrageous! I haven't yet been able to find any sources 
> other than the linked article, though; anyone else had any luck?
>
>
>
> Kirsten Brodbeck-Kenney, MLIS
>
> Library Director
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> Driftwood Public Library
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> >>> "Rawles, Carolyn" <Carolyn.Rawles at corvallisoregon.gov 
> <mailto:Carolyn.Rawles at corvallisoregon.gov>> 9/29/2016 9:00 AM >>>
>
> I don’t know how many of you saw this, but this seems pretty outrageous!
>
> */Carolyn/*
>
> Carolyn Rawles
>
> Library Director
>
> Corvallis-Benton County Public Library
>
> Corvallis, OR  97330
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> (541)766-6910
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> *From:*alacoun-request at lists.ala.org 
> <mailto:alacoun-request at lists.ala.org> 
> [mailto:alacoun-request at lists.ala.org] *On Behalf Of *Aaron W. Dobbs
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 29, 2016 7:28 AM
> *To:* ALA Council List <alacoun at lists.ala.org 
> <mailto:alacoun at lists.ala.org>>
> *Subject:* [alacoun] Library worker arrested in library after 
> defending patron's free speech
>
> Library Worker Heroically Defends Patron’s Free Speech, Is Brutally 
> Arrested in Library Where He Works
>
> http://bordc.org/news/library-worker-heroically-defends-patrons-free-speech-brutally-arrested-library-works/
>
> “For someone to be assaulted and then arrested for asking a question, 
> in a public library of all places, is abhorrent. The library should be 
> a place where people of all points of view can feel safe and welcome,” 
> Steve Woolfolk, director of public programing at the Kansas City 
> Public Library told the Dissent NewsWire.
>
> ...
>
> “I have spent the last 10 years of my life trying to cultivate that 
> atmosphere through public programming at the library. Library staff 
> should be the final arbiters of what constitutes reasonable discourse 
> at a public event held inside a public library,” Woolfolk explained to 
> the Dissent NewsWire. Yet, when he tried to intervene on the 
> questioner’s behalf, Woolfolk found himself arrested at an event he 
> helped plan.
>
> ...
>
> Woolfolk stands charged with interfering with the arrest of 
> Rothe-Kushel. Rothe-Kushel, like Woolfolk feared, was charged with 
> trespassing and resisting arrest. “Nobody, be it an individual or an 
> agent of the state, should be able to take it upon themselves to 
> silence a point of view simply because they disagree,” Woolfolk 
> informed the Dissent NewsWire. Yet, it would appear that not only is 
> that exactly what happened, but a librarian who tried to make sure 
> that a public library remained a public forum was arrested, as well.
>
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Sami

Samantha K. Pierson
Library Director
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