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Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri was arrested by police as she was covering a Black Lives Matter protest. She was charged with failing to disperse and interfering with official acts.
'An important victory for the First Amendment': Iowa journalist Andrea Sahouri acquitted in rare trial of reporter Ryan W. Miller and William Morris, USA TODAY 'I did nothing wrong': Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri talks after acquittal Replay Video UP NEXT DES MOINES, Iowa – Andrea Sahouri, the Iowa journalist who was arrested as she reported on racial justice protests last summer, was found not guilty in a case that drew widespread condemnation from journalism and free press organizations. Sahouri, a Des Moines Register reporter, was one of just a handful o...
Jury acquits Andrea Sahouri after less than two-hour deliberation over charges decried as infringement of press freedom.
March 10, 2021 01:30 Representative Eric Swalwell first introduced the Journalist Protection Act (JPA) to Congress in 2018. This important piece of legislation would make it a federal crime to intentionally intimidate or cause bodily harm to a journalist or media organization in the course of newsgathering or reporting. It would also allow the Justice Department to prosecute those who intimidate or assault journalists when local prosecutors decline to do so. In 2018, Rep. Swalwell cited continued threats and violence against the media as grounds for passage of this legislation. Unfortunately,...
Officer Luke Wilson said he wasn’t aware Andrea Sahouri was a Des Moines Register reporter when he responded to a chaotic scene where protesters were breaking store windows and throwing rocks and water bottles at police outside Merle Hay mall on May 31.