From Murphy v. Rosen , decided yesterday (generally correctly, I think) by Judge Matthew Dallas Gorton (Conn. Superior Ct.): This is a defamation action in which the plaintiff, Sean Murphy, claims that the defendant, Beth Rosen, defamed him by posting comments on the Town of Southbury Facebook page describing him as a "white supremacist." … On June 3, 2020, Southbury First Selectman Jeff Manville, Middlebury First Selectman Ed St. John, and School Superintendent Joshua Smith posted the following Joint Statement on the Town of Southbury Facebook page in response to the killing of George Floyd: [Details omitted. -EV] [A long...