Posted on 03/30/2015 2:42:51 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Four journalists arrested during last summer's Ferguson protests over the shooting death of Michael Brown filed a federal lawsuit Monday against St. Louis County police and 20 of its officers, accusing them of violating the reporters' civil rights and unjustifiably detaining them.
The lawsuit, filed Monday in St. Louis, alleges the arrests for the journalists' failure to disperse as demanded by police on Aug. 18 and Aug. 19 were "undertaken with the intention of obstructing, chilling, deterring, and retaliating against (the) plaintiffs for engaging in constitutionally protected speech, newsgathering and recording of police activities."
The plaintiffs include Ryan Devereaux of The Intercept online investigative publication, as well as Ansgar Graw — a correspondent with the conservative German daily Die Welt — and reporter Frank Herrmann, who writes for German regional papers. The other plaintiff is freelance journalist Lukas Hermsmeier.
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Screw ‘em.
“Case Dismissed!”
I really can’t speak as to the actions of these guys, but it was VERY CLEAR that many gerbalists ignored lawful orders and even instigated the ferals in Ferguson to more rioting and looting.
This is how they’ll finally take down America, endless lawsuits and normal Americans settling out of sheer exhaustion and disgust.
Media. . .the most arrogant, ignorant and self-important twits ever.
They are guilty of conversion.
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