investigation, reported on an alleged cover-up on a video incident where the deputy kneeled on the head of a handcuffed inmate for approximately three minutes the public needs that kind of reporting, to hold them accountable, the public should be a rage by the sheriff s department s attempts to silence that reporting. katie townsend s deputy executive director and legal director at the reporters committee for freedom of the press, which is an absolutely invaluable org organization in our democracy, miss townsend, thank you so much for being with us tonight. keep us apprized on the story, it s pretty astonishing, thank you. thank you. we will be right back. will be right back at liberty butchemel cut. liberty biberty cut. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for whatchya. line? need. action. cut. you can t say that. [phone rings] sorry. is this where they re gonna put the statue of liberty? liberty.
like a bad plot line from some distant authoritarian country, a los angeles county sheriff convened a press conference to announce that he was opening a criminal investigation into a l.a. times reporter, who has been reporting on a scandal in his office. he put up a big picture of her at the press conference, as she sat there in the front row covering that press conference for the times. tonight, the reporters committee for freedom of the press is responding st.. the l.a. county sheriff s department announcement that it has launched a criminal investigation into a journalist because of her reporting, is appalling. this blatantly retaliatory comeback aimed at the reporter is beyond the pale, and violates the first amendment. publishing newsworthy information about an alleged law enforcement cover-up, that sought to block an investigation the use of excessive force, is constantly constitutionally protected activity, it s clearly in the public interest.
what was that password anyway? ew. today, in something that feels like a bad plot line from some distant authoritarian country, a los angeles county sheriff convened a press conference to announce that he was opening a criminal investigation into a l. a. times reporter, who has been reporting on a scandal in his office. he put up a big picture of her at the press conference, as she sat there in the front row covering that press conference for the times. tonight, the reporters committee for freedom of the press is responding st.. the l. a. county sheriff s department announcement that it has launched a criminal investigation into a journalist because of her reporting, is