Constitutional Law
Nov. 9, 2023
Journalist arrested during 2020 protest settles with LA County
“Journalists in Los Angeles County should be able to record police activity in public without fear of unlawful arrest. As the public’s eyes and ears, we must be able to cover protests and document how law enforcement responds to those protests,” plaintiff Josephine Huang said.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a $700,000 settlement payment to a public radio reporter who was arrested by deputy sheriffs while covering a protest in 2020.
“The attack on First Amendment press freedoms here was not limited to the improper arrest of a journalist filming a newsworthy event in a public street,” Michael Dore, a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP who represented reporter Josie Huang, said in a st...
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