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Brock v. Clark County School District

Brock v. Clark County School District

LAS VEGAS, NV – The Center for American Liberty has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of Nevada mother Kimberley Brock, after the Clark County School District (CCSD) permanently blocked her from posting on the District’s official X (formerly Twitter) account after she questioned the display of a “Progress Pride” flag in her child’s classroom.

The lawsuit, Brock v. Clark County School District, alleges that CCSD and its Chief Community Engagement Officer, Kirsten Searer, violated Mrs. Brock’s First and Fourteenth Amendment rights by engaging in unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination and retaliation against protected speech.

“No parent should be silenced by their own school district for expressing an opinion about what their children are being exposed to in the classroom,” said Mark Trammell, CEO of the Center for American Liberty. “Social media platforms are the modern-day public square. When school districts create an online forum for expression, they cannot censor speech on the basis of viewpoint. CCSD’s decision to ban Mrs. Brock from participating in public discussion online is a clear abuse of government power.”

According to the complaint, Mrs. Brock, a long-time school volunteer and community leader, was blocked from CCSD’s official X account after she commented respectfully on posts discussing classroom issues. Her comments questioned whether ideological or sexualized symbols belonged in elementary classrooms.

By blocking her, the district barred her from viewing or engaging with the district’s communications in what the lawsuit describes as a “digital town square.” The Center for American Liberty argues that the ban is the online equivalent of barring a parent from attending public meetings or speaking at a school board forum, both of which are protected public forums under the Constitution.

Brock v. Clark County School District