Anthony Novak

COMMENTARY

Mocking the police got an Ohio man arrested and the Supreme Court won’t define the limits of parody

BY: - March 1, 2023

Can Americans be jailed for making fun of the government? Most would respond with a resounding “No, of course not! The First Amendment protects us from that.” But Anthony Novak learned otherwise in March 2016, after he created and posted a fake version of the Parma, Ohio, Police Department’s Facebook page. He copied the department’s […]