Susan Freeman, a local business owner and wife of Riverside City Manager Mike Futrell, filed a claim last week alleging the city retaliated against her for criticizing public officials online, violating her constitutional rights in the process.
“I believe wholeheartedly that the city council was given incomplete, inaccurate and misleading information by certain individuals inside city hall,” Freeman said in a video statement. “My claim raises serious questions about whether I became the victim of retaliatory conduct and whether official power was allegedly used to distract from, or avoid, accountability for serious issues inside city hall.”
Freeman did not immediately respond to The Riverside Record’s request for comment…