Rare trial of U.S. journalist arrested on the job begins in Iowa
Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri faces 30 days in jail after she was charged with misdemeanors from her coverage of racial justice demonstrations in May.
By Elahe IzadiThe Washington Post
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Police officers are shown arresting Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri after a Black Lives Matter protest she was covering on May 31, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. Photo courtesy Katie Akin via AP
Prosecutors in Iowa began their case Monday against a Des Moines Register reporter arrested during racial justice protests last summer, a rare trial of a U.S. journalist charged with a crime while reporting.
March 2, 2021
Des Moines, Ia (AP) Police in Des Moines have identified a man fatally shot last week in the city’s first homicide of the year. The Des Moines Police Department said Monday in a news release that 52-year-old Darrell Merriwether, of Clive, died early Saturday after being shot late Friday night in a residential area several blocks southeast of Drake University. Police say officers and firefighters called to the scene found Merriwether around 11:20 p.m. Friday with a gunshot wound and rushed him to a local hospital, where he later died. Police did not announce any arrests or suspects in the Monday release.
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