2021/03/12 03:54 Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri, facing, hugs her mother, Muna Tareh-Sahouri, after being found not-guilty at the conclusion of her trial . Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri, facing, hugs her mother, Muna Tareh-Sahouri, after being found not-guilty at the conclusion of her trial at the Drake University Legal Clinic, Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Des Moines, Iowa. An Iowa jury acquitted Andrea Sahouri, who was pepper-sprayed and arrested by police in the summer of 2020 while covering a protest in a case that critics have derided as an attack on press freedom and an abuse of prosecutorial discretion. (Kelsey Kremer/The Des Moines Register via AP, Pool)
The jury made the right decision : Reporter Andrea Sahouri acquitted in trial stemming from arrest as she covered protest William Morris, Des Moines Register I did nothing wrong : Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri talks after acquittal
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Andrea Sahouri says her acquittal Wednesday on two criminal charges sends an important message about recognizing the rights of journalists to do their jobs. The jury made the right decision, said Sahouri, a reporter for the Des Moines Register. They made the decision to uphold democracy, a just democracy, the freedom of the press, First Amendment rights, the list goes on.
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The third day of Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri s trial began Wednesday, a day that could bring a verdict in the case springing from her arrest in May 2020 while she covered a George Floyd protest.
On the stand Tuesday, Sahouri, who was assigned to cover the event for the Register, said she retreated to a Verizon store across an avenue from Merle Hay Mall on May 31, as the protest turned into a violent clash with police.
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