Sitka Assembly candidate files suit against city over alleged social media censorship

Sitka Assembly candidate files suit against city over alleged social media censorship

Austin Cranford filed the lawsuit in Alaska’s U.S. District Court on Aug. 18. (KCAW/McKenney) A candidate running for a seat on the Sitka Assembly is suing the city over what he claims were restrictions on his ability to comment on police department Facebook posts. Austin Cranford filed the lawsuit in Alaska’s U.S. District Court on Aug. 18. In the court filing, Cranford said in June, he told city officials that the Sitka Police Department was v…