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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – An Iowa journalist faces trial Monday on charges stemming from her coverage of a protest against racial injustice, a case that prosecutors have pursued despite international condemnation from free press advocates who say she was just doing her job.
The case of Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri, who was pepper-sprayed and arrested while reporting on a clash between protesters and police, will highlight an aggressive response by Iowa authorities against those who organized and attended protests that erupted last summer and occasionally turned violent.
Trial begins for Des Moines Register reporter arrested while covering protest Share Updated: 6:15 PM CST Mar 8, 2021 Share Updated: 6:15 PM CST Mar 8, 2021
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Show Transcript RESPONSIBILITIES TO SAVE MONEY NEW SEX. WE’RE HEARING FROM THE FIRST WITNESSES IN THE TRIAL OF DES MOINES REGISTER REPORTER ANDRES HURRY WHO WAS IN COURT TODAY ON CHARGES OF FAILURE TO DISPERSE AND INTERFERENCE WITH OFFICIAL ACTS STEMMING FROM HER COVERAGE OF THE PROTESTS IN DES MOINES LAST SUMMER KCCI’S MARCUS. AND TIMES IS LIVE AT MERLE HAY AND DOUGLASS WHERE SAHURI WAS ARRESTED. THAT’S RIGHT, STEVE. SO HURRY WAS ARRESTED DURING BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS OVER THE SUMMER AT THE VERIZON STORE BEHIND ME. THAT IS JUST ACROSS DOUGLASS FROM THE MERLE HAY MALL. SO HURRY SAYS DOING HER ARREST. SHE WAS JUST DOING HER JOB POLICE SAY SHE IGNORED ORDERS TO DISPERSE AND PULLED AWAY FROM DES MOINES POLICE. PROSE ALONG WITH THE ORDERS FROM DES MOINES POLICE TO GET BACK
Prosecutors argued case is "a fast pitch down the center, right down the middle of the box," using a baseball metaphor. Sahouri's defense attorneys argued in their opening that "this is a case about a journalist arrested for doing her job."
Recap: Day one of Register reporter Andrea Sahouri trial sees DMPD officers testifying on response to Merle Hay protests. William Morris, Des Moines Register
Register reporter Andrea Sahouri talks about being detained at Merle Hay Mall protest UP NEXT
An Iowa journalist faces trial starting today on charges stemming from her coverage of a protest against racial injustice, a case that prosecutors have pursued despite international condemnation from free press advocates who say she was just doing her job, according to the Associated Press.
The case of Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri, who was pepper sprayed and arrested while reporting on a clash between protesters and police, will highlight an aggressive response by Iowa authorities against those who organized and attended protests that erupted last summer and occasionally turned violent.
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