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Keith Ervin, a longtime member of the Washington County Schools board in Tennessee, was charged with assault after he hugged a teenage student at a public meeting and told her, 'God, you’re hot.' He apologized, the board censured him, and it said it cannot remove elected officials, deferring to law enforcement as the case proceeds, with his first court appearance set for August.
A woman, Beth Majeroni, was forcibly removed from a Chatham County Board of Elections meeting after being ruled "out of order" by Chairman Tom Mahoney. Majeroni had raised concerns about election integrity and alleged voter irregularities. Body camera footage captured the incident, where Majeroni resisted the officers' attempts to remove her. The Chatham County Police Department stated that they do not have additional footage or plans to release the officers' names. Despite the incident, Majeroni still supports law enforcement but believes the officers lacked training in handling illegal orders that violate basic rights.