Humberto Guizar
Role at the time: Local attorney for Richard Ceballos
Condemned
Statement summary
Guizar says the ruling encourages prosecutors to take concerns to the press.
“telling D.A.s ‘go out and have a press conference.’”
Open source (opens in a new tab)U.S. High Court Limits Free Speech Rights of Public Employeesmade it a wider issue
Guizar said the rule could push prosecutors to speak publicly instead of using internal channels.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
Relative to Garcetti's exclusion of official-duty speech, Guizar criticizes the incentive to bypass internal reporting and take concerns to the press.