No. It doesn’t appear as he was.
But, that ain’t the question/issue.....
He had no right to “remove” her, as you say. She was exercising her 1st AMENDMENT RIGHT. Ergo, by law, he is NOT allowed to interfere with her.
I’ve done what they call, Roll Call Training, on the topic. And, as long as the person isn’t acting in a violent manner toward others or obstructing a sidewalk, etc, and they’re talking, they can’t be bothered.
And of course, there’s always the court case that the guy in Bucks County presented to the school board there.
And of course, a member of a SCHOOL BOARD has absolutely no legal authority to tell a police officer/deputy how to do his/her job. All that POS had to do was tell the guy that she was acting within her rights as an AMERICAN CITIZEN and there was nothing he could do.
That board was way out of line and I hope she sues! She was doing exactly what the Constitution says: to peacefully present greviences unlike the BLM’s method.
This is yet another illustration how abuse/perversion of trespass laws are being wielded against the po unwashed proles.
The board meeting was a public event. As a public event, she has every right to attend and speak her mind - same as everyone else. She does not have the right to disrupt the event (I’m not claiming that she was).
And it is the prerogative and at the discretion of the security guard to remove her if she is truly being disruptive. The problem with that is defining “disruption” is an entirely subjective and relativistic matter. In this case disruptive meant “saying something I don’t like” to the board member.
Unfortunately the only (legal) remedy is to unseat the board members.