The lawsuit argues that the board’s restrictions on public comment are both overly broad and selectively enforced, allegedly punishing speech that is critical of school officials and board decisions. 🇺🇸🚨I’ve officially filed my SECOND FEDERAL LAWSUIT defending the FIRST AMENDMENT. This time, it’s against the AUGUSTA BOARD OF EDUCATION for CENSORING AND SILENCING ME at school board meetings. The Maine Wire reported that Blanchard said via text that he was looking into seeking a protection-from-harassment order. The Maine Wire reported Blanchard was arrested at gunpoint after protesters reported seeing what looked like a handgun, and that Blanchard said the device was a nonlethal weapon.