At the heart of the First Amendment lies the right to free speech — no government entity can restrict speech, even if they find it insulting, unfavorable or disingenuous. "The government cannot step in and say,

The Kootenai County Republican Central Committee convened an orderly meeting Tuesday in contrast to a legislative town hall the party hosted over the weekend where private security guards were filmed dragging a woman out of the auditorium at Coeur d'Alene High School.

Coeur d'Alene city prosecutors will dismiss the woman's misdemeanor citation. The city revoked the security company's business license.

Private security dragged out a woman who had been interrupting a Kootenai County Republican Central Committee legislative town hall Saturday as Sheriff Robert Norris stood by, video shows, spurring a disagreement between the sheriff and Coeur d'Alene's police chief over the First Amendment implications of the incident.