So posting "shoot the protestors" and that someone's house should be burnt down "with you in it" on social media is now completely legal and fine, even for state-employed workers.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/lawyer-who-said-george-floyd-protesters-should-be-shot-wins-ethics-trial-2023-10-04/

Oct 4 (Reuters) - A Los Angeles attorney who posted "shoot the protesters" on social media during racial justice demonstrations and unrest after George Floyd's 2020 killing has persuaded a California judge that she should not be sanctioned.

Judge Dennis Saab of California's state bar court on Tuesday said state bar prosecutors had not established that Marla Brown meant to incite violence or a riot with a series of posts she made on Twitter, now known as X, in May 2020.

"The evidence tends to show that Brown's speech was an ill-advised and careless expression of her thoughts and emotions in response to her perceived experience," Saab said following a trial in state bar court.

Krista Baughman, a partner at Dhillon Law Group who represented Brown, said in a statement that Saab's decision is a victory for "all California attorneys who wish to exercise their free speech rights without fear of punishment."

The state bar will decide whether to seek review of the decision, its chief trial counsel George Cardona said in a statement.

Brown represented law enforcement unions and officers in administrative proceedings and civil litigation. Her Twitter bio previously identified her as an "LAPD union attorney," but she later said this was a misrepresentation.

The killing of Floyd, a Black man, by a white police officer in Minneapolis kicked off protests against racial injustice worldwide. Some of the demonstrations, including those in Los Angeles, turned violent.