Recap: Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri acquitted by jury on both charges in protest trial William Morris, Des Moines Register I did nothing wrong : Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri talks after acquittal
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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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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.
From her retreat, she said saw a police officer bearing down on her. I didn t think it was a good idea to run from officers because I wasn t doing anything wrong, she testified. I put up my hands and said I m press, I m press, and he grabbed me and pepper-sprayed me and told me, that s not what I asked.
Andrea Sahouri, a reporter for the Des Moines Register, testified on Tuesday, recounting the incident in which a police officer pepper sprayed and arrested her while she was covering a racial justice protest la
Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri was acquitted by a jury Wednesday after she had been charged with failure to disperse and interference with official acts while covering a Black Lives Matter protest in 20