Vocal and outspoken.
I will be damned if I will let
that stop me from speaking,
even if it means angering a local judge.
Are you worried about getting
in trouble talking to us?
That's always a risk.
I am. Why talk to us?
For the same reason that I talk
about my land dispute on on TikTok.
And the reason is is I believe it's
important for the American people
to know what their government.
Is up to while it's happening.
Quick back story.
It was really just about liability.
I had some basic signs up to let them
know that they were on private land.
Jefferson County is suing Terrilyn
Romero after she asserted property
rights on the plot of land behind
her recently purchased home.
That land next to a park has a very
popular Creek where for 35 years the
Kittridge townspeople accessed the water.
Romero blocked access because
of crowds and trash.
The public was using my land
as an extension of the park.
To most members in this Community,
this park is the heart of Kittridge.
As the government seeks to
obtain the land through a process
called adverse possession.
Romero garnered a substantial
sympathetic TikTok following.
She shared surveys, maps,
and calls out local people against
her. Why do I want to give a shout
out to Anna? Because, number one,
she claims to be an expert #2.
She can't read a map,
and yet she's gotten a whole
community bought on to her version.
Who owns what? Shame on you, Anna.
That Anna, who we are not naming,
filed a restraining order against
Romero claiming she felt threatened
because of Romero's tick Tock army.
One commenter apparently
asked for her address.
Even though I've never made any threats,
I was blamed and held accountable
for what my followers might do when
they were commenting on my videos.
Romero says she was told by the judge
to take down that video and another that
didn't stop her from making more videos
well last week. I haven't decided it
would flippantly infringe on my First
Amendment rights because of my TikTok and
because someone got their feelings hurt.
Anna is asking a judge to hold Romero
in contempt of court for making more
videos she claims incite more harassment.
Well, you know the worst case
scenario I could be facing? Jail time.
I could be facing jail time.
Romero hired a First Amendment attorney
who argues she never made any true
threats in her speech is protected.
The basic First Amendment rule is that
speech, even critical offensive speech,
is fully protected on social media.
Doctor Steven Cantor is
not Romero's attorney.
He is Dean emeritus and the 1st
Amendment expert at the Lewis
and Clark Law School in Oregon.
Now, on the other hand,
if you make a post and people
start making serious true.
Actionable threats against the
person you posted against you.
Become aware of that.
You may have an obligation,
certainly not to post
anything else inflammatory.
The intent in mentioning her in my TikTok
video wasn't to scare her or alarm her,
and it certainly wasn't to enrage anyone.
It was, you know,
just a kind of a cheeky little thing
that I did in the moment just to.
You know, let her know that I
I didn't forget that she was
quite active in the land dispute,
but I I I meant no, no harm by it.
A hearing over this contempt
of court request is set for
tomorrow in Clear Creek County.
The woman who filed the restraining
order against Romero declined to
comment to 9 news through her attorney.
As for the land dispute between
Romero and Jefferson County,
which is a whole other issue,
that case goes to trial this may.
So lots of attorneys now.
Involved in this has a lot to
do with social media and
the bullhorn that you get.
If you stood up on a soapbox 100
years ago or took out an ad in
the paper and said these things,
it might come and go.
You might get a few 100 people,
but now you get you can create turbulence.
She has 100,000 followers and many of
them are very sympathetic to her cause.
And so you know, and one hand she's
a pariah in the town of Kittridge
because she blocked access to the land.
She's not very well liked in town,
but online she has a lot of. Support
and she can continue
to do it, as Tom said.
You know, like when we think about
the news stories we cover sometimes
regrettably staffing and everything
because we can't follow something
like month after month after month.
She can put something
out every single day. If
she, she she shares her journey,
she shares her maps,
her surveys and she shares her,
her thoughts about what's going
on with the land dispute.
So all of that will come up in the
court hearing tomorrow when it
comes to the contempt of court case.
And then there's of course the
whole land dispute, which is.
Quite separate from that,
yeah, multifidus posted.
Very connected. Yeah,
the kid with soap
opera. Curious. Yeah. Yeah,
it keeps going on a lot there.
Alright, Jeremy, thank you.