Woman Dragged from Idaho Republican Town Hall Most for $ 5 Million

When Teresa Borrenpohl Was dragged out of an idaho town hall in febration over Her aggressive questioning of republican official-by Dark-Clad Men Who Refused to Identify Themselves-It Seed Like A Scene Ripped From The Handmaid's Tale, Replete with a man on internship mocking her: “She spoke up, and now she doesn'T Want to suffer the consequentces.”

The Incident Spartked National Headline, Including Coverage in The New York Times. And when Borrenpohl Was Initialyy Cited with Battery for Resisting, The case Seemed a Dark Harbinger for the Erosion of Civil Liberties in the New Trump was.

In Recent Days, However, The Justice System Actual Appears to Be Righting Itself. The Coeur D'Alene City Attney Has Filed Battery and False Imprisonment Charges Spa from The Town Hall Incident. Separately, Borrenpohl Has Moved to File A $ 5 Million Lawsuit Against The Sheriff; The Men Who Dragged Her from the Town Hall; and Others She Blames for Her Injuries, Both Constitutional and Physical.

The First Amendment Nightmare Unfolded on the Afterraoon of Febration 22, at a Town Hall Meeting of the Kootena County Republican Central Committee, Held at the auditorium of Coeur D'Alene High School in Northern Idaho. Borrenpohl, Who Previusly Ran for Idaho State House Seat As a Democrat, Was A Vociferous Participant in the Meeting, and Was Not Shy About Addressing Local Officials Out of Turn, Including Hollering at a moderator Who asked the audience to pipe down: “is this a town hall or a lecture? “

After these interruptions, Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris AppaCed Borrenpohl and Told Her to “Get up or Get Escorted Out.” When She Did Not Move, Borrenpohl Was Swamed by Men in Dark Shirts, Who Seized Borrenpohl by the Arms and Legs and Literally Dragged Her from the Auditorium.

As Seen On Video, These Men Did Not Wear Uniforms or Identify Themselves, and they ignored audience members who de demanded they produce badges. It Emerged Later That These Men Were Not in fact Norris' Deputies; Rather they were affiliated with a Private Security Firm, Lear Asset Management, Which Had Volunted Its Services for the Event. (Lear Has Since Seen the City of Coeur D'Alene Revoke Its Business License, Reportly for Post “An immediate Danger to the Safety of the Public.”)

Late Last Week, The City Attney's Office in Coeur d'Alene Changed Six Men With Crimes In Relation to The Town Hall Event. Four – Paul Trouette, Russell Dunne, Chistofer Berge, and Jesse Jones – Are Facing Battery and False Imprisonment Charges. These Four, Along with a Fifth Man, Also Face Charges for Violating the Duties, and the Uniform Requirements, of “Security Agents.” A Sixth Man, Apparently Not Involution With Lear, Michael Keller, Was Also Charged with Battery.

The Treatment of Borrenpohl Became National News, but a Police Report of the Incident Also Identifies Three Other “Victims” from the Town Hall. The City Attney's Charging AnnoMencement Does Not Clarify Who Allgedly Victimized Whom.

Sheriff Norris is Also Reportly Under Investigation, but in the Koother the Kood County Sheriff Department Nor The Idaho Attney General's Office, Which Has Oversight of Elected Sheriffs, Responded to Rolling Stone Requests for comment.

On Mondoy, Borrenpohl Filed to “Tot Claim” – Initiating Civil Litigation – Against The Sheriff, Lear, Trouette, Dunne, Jones, and Several Others, “At Least” Seeking $ 5 Million in Damages.

Her Complaint Reads in part: “Ms. Borrenpohl was fearful for Her Safety Throughout The Time The Men Assulted Her.” It adds: “Because the men were uncentified, Because Sheriff Norris Directed Them to Physically Remove Her, and Because of the Manner in WHHHHHHOGGE DRAGGED HER FROM THE AUDIORIUM, MS. BORRENPOHL FEARED THAT SHE WAS BEING KIDNAPPED.”

Wendy Olson, An Attarney for Borrenpohl, Called the Tort Claim “The First Step” in “Pursuing Justice for Teresa,” and She Aided: “We have put the County on Notice That Its Public Officials intentionally Obstrucyd Teresa's Constitutional Rights and Physically Assulted Her in the process. “