An employer temporarily suspended a police officer without pay on the ground tha

An employer temporarily suspended a police officer without pay on the ground that the officer had posted a comment on his personal Facebook page criticizing the department’s COVID policies on mandatory mask-wearing during contact with the public, calling COVID-19 a “hoax” and asking other officers to defy the rule. Can the employer discipline the officer for posting negative comments about the department’s COVID-19 policies on his personal Facebook page where other officers saw the comments and responded? Please point to various aspects of the assigned readings for this week to support your point of view. Please make sure to cite cases to support your arguments. Next, please point to one aspect of the assigned readings that you found particularly interesting. Be sure to explain why you found the point to be salient to the topic at hand. Finally, please come up with one original critical thinking question for your classmates. It should be evident from reading the question that you have a solid understanding of the course material for this week. Once complete I will add part 2