Des Moines Register reporter on trial: Did Andrea Sahouri disobey police orders or was she assaulted while doing her job ? William Morris, Des Moines Register
Register reporter Andrea Sahouri talks about being detained at Merle Hay Mall protest
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Prosecutors have begun making their case against Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri, who faces charges stemming from her arrest during the George Floyd protests in May 2020.
Sahouri, a breaking news reporter for the Register, was arrested May 31 while covering a protest outside the Merle Hay Mall in Des Moines. She and her then-boyfriend, Spenser Robnett, were pepper-sprayed and charged with failure to disperse and interference with official acts. Both charges are simple misdemeanors with a maximum penalty of 30 days in jail.
A journalist arrested while covering a Black Lives Matter protest in Des Moines, Iowa, last May was in court Monday facing trial on misdemeanor charges of failure to disperse and interference with official acts. Andrea Sahouri, a reporter for The Des Moines Register, was pepper-sprayed and briefly detained after police and protesters clashed during the…
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