Matthew Humphrey, an LGBTQ+ activist in Louisiana, was exonerated after a wrongful arrest during a 2022 library board meeting where he protested against the ban of LGBTQ+ books. Charged with disturbing the peace for speaking out of turn, he was the only attendee arrested despite others also voicing concerns. After his charges were dismissed, Judge Royale Colbert acknowledged his testimony, which detailed longstanding discrimination against him. Humphrey previously won a lawsuit against the library for hindering his efforts to organize a drag queen story time event.
He said, 'I read every word of your testimony.' That's all he said to me,
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