Two days after private security guards dragged a woman by her arms out of a legislative town hall in Coeur d’Alene at the signaling of Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris,

Former Democratic Candidate Forcibly Removed After Heckling Legislators, While Sheriff's Own Disability Benefits Draw Scrutiny

A legislative town hall organized by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee devolved into chaos Saturday when unidentified, plainclothes security personnel dragged a Post Falls woman from the Coeur d’Alene High School auditorium for heckling legislators.

The Kootenai County Sheriff and others at the Coeur d'Alene town hall will be investigated by an outside agency after a woman was dragged out of the event.

Private security dragged out a woman who had been interrupting a Kootenai County Republican Central Committee legislative town hall Saturday as Sheriff Robert Norris stood by, video shows, spurring a disagreement between the sheriff and Coeur d’Alene’s police chief over the First Amendment implications of the incident.

Videos show the lead-up to and the interaction between an Idaho woman and the Kootenai County sheriff, as well as security guards.