Six days after the murder of George Floyd, the Des Moines Register journalist Andrea Sahouri went to work. The public safety reporter was assigned to cover one of the many protests against police brutality happening around the country, set to take place outside Merle Hay Mall, a shopping complex near the city center of Des Moines, Iowa. Little did Sahouri know, she would would be arrested that day, and fall victim to the excessive use of force.
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Acquittal proper, but trial serves asa chilling reminder
Andrea Sahouri was doing her job, and for that she was arrested, charged and tried.
A Des Moines (Iowa) Register reporter, Sahouri faced misdemeanor charges of failure to disperse and interference with official acts after she was arrested in May while covering Black Lives Matter protests.
An Iowa jury this week found Sahouri, 25, not guilty. It is a victory for press freedom, but the fact that the case was prosecuted is a threat to the First Amendment.
“Acquitted,” she tweeted after the verdict was read. The post included a photo of her in handcuffs, being led to a police vehicle by officers in riot gear.
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