A woman resisted as three men claiming to be security lifted her out of her seat, bent her arm, and removed her from a Republican-hosted public forum.

The legislative town hall organized by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee and held in the Coeur d’Alene High School auditorium devolved into chaos when Kootenai County’s sheriff first took Borrenpohl by the arm and attempted to pull her from her seat when she declined to leave the event for speaking out of turn.

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, he and others at the event are now facing investigations into their conduct.

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.

COEUR d’ALENE — City prosecutors will dismiss a misdemeanor battery citation issued to the Post Falls woman who plainclothes private security guards dragged out of a legislative town hall Saturday, and the city of Coeur d’Alene has revoked the security company’s business license.

The incident spurred a disagreement between the Kootenai County sheriff and Coeur d’Alene’s police chief over the First Amendment implications of the incident.

Multiple video recordings of the incident at Coeur d'Alene High School show Teresa Borrenpohl dragged out of the auditorium by two men in plain clothes.