On Facebook if you don't like a comment someone posts on your page you may do what Derrick Schinn does.

On Facebook if you don't like a comment someone posts on your page you may do what Derrick Schinn does.

"If it's inappropriate I just delete it. I ask them not to post stuff like that."

But what if It's the city of Beech Grove and its police department Facebook page?

Can the city block public comments?

"We believe the answer is clearly no they don't have that authority. And in fact the first amendment prohibits it,"says ACLU attorney Jan Mersz.

ACLU is suing Beach Grove on behalf of two Local women who say the city illegally censored their FACEBOOK comments.

According to court papers last October mayor Dennis Buckley posted that crime reporting was down 9.6%.

But Beech Grove crime watch member Kimberly Quick posted "I know from listening to others that drugs and vandalism have been quite rampant in our city." Her comment was removed.

In another case Trump yard signs were stolen. Police posted it was actually not an issue because the sign was returned. But Kimberly Quick posted asking why sign theft was not a controversy when it was a crime.

And she said police investigated theft of the mayor's signs. That post removed too and she was blocked.

ACLU attorney Jan Mersz says "You run the risk of sort of arbitrary censorship. Which is at the heart of the First Amendment. The government's ability to pick and choose who gets to speak and Who gets to get heard."

But, Craig Wiley, the lawyer for the city of Beach Grove says the two women challenging the city "made posts that were not related to crime and in some instances were inflammatory and not true. So they were taken down. There were also some post that they were not an issue of public concern."

He says Beech Grove residents are free to post crime or non-crime related comments on other city sites.

"So we believe we have a constitutional right to Limit speech in this forum," says Wiley.

But Wiley just got A copy of the suit and hasn't had a chance to see the censored comments.

For some Beech Grove Facebook users:

"If they are going to put it on Facebook that is a public realm so they would have the right to comment on it. It is their city." -Claire Dillehay

"They should be debating on why we don't have enough police here in Beech Grove." -Derrick Shinn

"For the city to get involved in everything I think is a little bit comical." -Casey Eversole

We tried but could not reach the two Facebook users who brought the lawsuit.