COEUR D’ALENE — 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.

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 police say employees with Lear Asset Management were not wearing uniforms identifying them as security, which violates city code.

The City of Coeur d’Alene revoked the license of a security firm after its plainclothes guards forcibly removed a woman. The police said they were investigating the incident.

A legislative town hall meeting in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, spiraled into turmoil recently when private security personnel forcibly removed a female heckler, igniting controversy and prompting multiple investigations.

A Gonzaga University law professor breaks down whether the free speech rights of a woman dragged out of a Coeur d'Alene legislative town hall were violated.