NEW YORK – Journalists alarmed by dozens of incidents where reporters were shot at, manhandled, gassed or arrested while covering demonstrations touched off by the death of Minnesota man George Floyd are fighting back legally.
A freelance journalist, backed by the American Civil Liberties Union, filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the city of Minneapolis, and dozens of news organizations urged Minnesota authorities to let journalists work unimpeded.
Protests have spread across the country following Floyd's death last week after a Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee into his neck for several minutes.
One organization has logged more than 230 incidents targeting journalists since Floyd's death. The Associated Press captured