Former Democratic Candidate Forcibly Removed After Heckling Legislators, While Sheriff's Own Disability Benefits Draw Scrutiny

Two days after private security guards dragged a woman by her arms out of a legislative town hall in Coeur d’Alene at the signaling of Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris, he and others at the event are now facing investigations into their conduct.

A legislative town hall organized by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee devolved into chaos Saturday when unidentified, plainclothes security personnel dragged a Post Falls woman from the Coeur d’Alene High School auditorium for heckling legislators.

Private security dragged out a woman who had been interrupting a Kootenai County Republican Central Committee legislative town hall Saturday as Sheriff Robert Norris stood by, video shows, spurring a disagreement between the sheriff and Coeur d’Alene’s police chief over the First Amendment implications of the incident.

The woman refused to leave the meeting after speaking out against the possible repeal of Medicaid expansion and other bills working their way through the Idaho Legislature.

A Republican town hall in north Idaho has gone viral after a woman who voiced concerns over the repeal of Medicaid expansion was forcibly removed by three men.

Coeur d’Alene Police Chief Lee White condemned the actions of private security guards who pulled a woman from her chair and dragged her out of an Idaho legislative town hall.