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.

Kootenai County town hall meeting in Idaho descends into chaos with unidentified men removing activist - Teresa Borrenpohl was dragged out of Coeur d'Alene High School by her wrists and ankles by thre

Three men physically removed her. Police confirmed the organizers hired Lear Asset Management security; the city has since revoked its business license.

Witnesses said three unidentified men, not wearing identification, approached the woman and physically removed her from her seat by the Kootenai Sheriff's order.

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.

The woman refused to leave the meeting after speaking out against the possible repeal of Medicaid expansion and other bills working their way through the Idaho Legislature.

A Republican-hosted legislative town hall meeting in northern Idaho became turbulent after three plainclothes security workers forcibly removed a woman who was heckling the speakers