While distributing leaflets on a public sidewalk to educate the public about the killing of Thomas, they were repeatedly seized, threatened with arrest and unlawfully removed from public property without cause, Weber said.

Smyrna City Council met Feb. 6 and agreed to rescind the ordinance that unconstitutionally discriminated based on content of a speaker’s message and an ordinance that created an “impermissible presumption of criminality for citizen leafleting in certain circumstances,” Weber said Sunday in a statement.

Under the order of a federal injunction, Smyrna agreed not to re-enact the challenged provisions.

Weber said he appreciated the city’s willingness to resolve key portions of the lawsuit and respect the rights of citizens to protest.

“This order vindicates our clients’ right to raise important questions about the killing of yet another unarmed black man,” Weber said.