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LA City Council bans N-word at public meetings, triggering legal threats

August 2, 2025
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LA City Council bans N-word at public meetings, triggering legal threats
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The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to ban the use of the N-word and C-word at public meetings — triggering free speech backlash and the threat of a $400 million lawsuit.

The controversial vote by the body allows council leadership to issue a warning for any use or variation of the slurs. Repeat offenders can be booted from the chamber and barred from future sessions.

Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson, who is black and introduced the measure, said the use of slurs during public comments has made residents hesitant to attend meetings.

Los Angeles city council meeting.
The council chamber where a 14–0 vote Wednesday banned use of the N-word and C-word during meetings, citing years of disruptive outbursts. Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

“It is language that, anywhere outside this building where there aren’t four armed guards, would get you hurt if you said these things in public,” Harris-Dawson told the Los Angeles Times earlier this year.

He added that public comment has become “rank, cantankerous, and rude and demeaning and insulting” since Donald Trump’s election in 2016, according to the LAist.

The Wednesday ban is already drawing legal threats.

Wayne Spindler, an attorney and longtime City Hall commenter, said Wednesday he intends to sue.

Los Angeles City Hall.
Critics of the new rule, including frequent City Hall speakers, claimed the city was infringing on free speech and promised legal challenges. Getty Images

“I’m going to file my $400-million lawsuit that I already have prepared and ready to file,” Spindler said during public comment, adding he plans to read explicit Tupac Shakur lyrics until he’s banned from a meeting.

Spindler was arrested in 2016 after submitting a public comment card showing a burning cross, a man hanging from a tree and the phrase “Herb = [N-word],” referring to then-Council President Herb Wesson. Prosecutors declined to bring charges.

David Loy, legal director of the First Amendment Coalition, warned the council’s policy likely won’t survive in court.

Los Angeles City Council Member Marqueece Harris-Dawson seated, hand on chin.
Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson said offensive speech has surged since 2016, creating a chilling effect on civic engagement. Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

“The First Amendment prohibits the government from censoring speech because it disapproves of that speech,” Loy wrote in a letter to the City Council.

The city has lost similar battles before. In 2014, it paid $215,000 to a black man who was removed from a meeting for wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood and a T-shirt with the N-word.

The new rule took effect immediately.

The post LA City Council bans N-word at public meetings, triggering legal threats appeared first on New York Post.

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