Kingsport man’s lawsuit alleges raid after he filmed a speeding police SUV

The case sat largely out of view for years while a criminal conviction hung over the man who filmed the encounter. Now that his conviction is overturned, the retaliation claims are finally getting a public airing. Kingsport police in Tennessee sent eight armed officers to raid a man’s home in a pre-dawn operation after he filmed and criticized one of their officers for speeding, according to a First Amendment lawsuit now being made public. The man, Joshua Gibbons, says the raid was retaliation for embarrassing police, and his conviction has already been thrown out by a Tennessee appeals court. The...