An Iowa jury on Wednesday acquitted a journalist who was pepper-sprayed and arrested by police while covering a protest in a case that critics have derided as an attack on press freedom and an abuse of prosecutorial discretion.
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Andrea Sahouri was pepper-sprayed and arrested while covering a violent demonstration, even though she had immediately identified herself to police as a reporter.