He questioned the official narrative which "hurt" the affected families. Regardless of whether he was right or wrong he still had a right to question the official narrative. By those standards if I see a car wreck with the mayor stumbling out drunk, go home and see a 180* story on the "news" and be told I'm not allowed to question the narrative being ran because of the "hurt" it might cause all those affected by the wreck, I can see how thats a 1st amendment standard lefty would embrace.