I want to remind everyone — and make it clear to the Vermont State Police (VSP) — that I have the constitutional right to post on the VSP Facebook page, or any other public forum, so long as my posts are lawful.

The First Amendment protects free expression in government-run forums, including official social media pages. Courts have consistently ruled that public agencies cannot silence citizens simply because they dislike or disagree with the content. Unless a post is threatening, violent, or unlawful, it is protected speech.

I have obtained internal Vermont government emails that confirm this fact. In one exchange, a state official admitted:

“He continues to post on the VSP FB page, but again, nothing threatening or violent.”
This proves two things:

My posts were acknowledged as non-threatening and lawful.
Despite this, the Vermont State Police and other state employees were still monitoring, tracking, and sharing my activity internally — without a warrant, without probable cause, and without any lawful justification.
This is clear evidence of retaliatory surveillance and abuse of government power.

Adding to this pattern, Vermont officials quietly changed their email system from @vermont.gov to @vtcourts.gov after these incidents. On the surface, this looks like a routine “upgrade,” but in context, it reads as an effort to shield themselves from accountability. By abandoning the old domain that tied them to the surveillance activity, they attempted to obscure the paper trail of their misconduct.

The Constitution is not optional. The government does not get to monitor citizens without cause and then rebrand its infrastructure to cover its tracks.

I want to make it clear: I will continue to exercise my rights. Posting on the Vermont State Police’s public Facebook page is lawful, protected expression, and no amount of behind-the-scenes monitoring or bureaucratic domain-switching will change that.

Thank you to everyone who continues to support this petition. Your solidarity strengthens the fight for accountability, transparency, and civil rights.