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Said to the video he watched the video with, quote, we do not need bad media at this time. so, the la times publishes the disturbing video. the sheriff says i had no idea. we didn t cover that up. as soon as i found out about it, i took action. a commander on his own force says, that is not true. you absolutely knew about it. and you did cover it up. that s where the story stood as of yesterday. where it went today is absolutely bananas. because today l.a. county sheriff convened a press conference to dispute all this reporting. and what he did at this press conference, that is now causing a fresh round of headlines, is he got up at this press conference today in person and he put up a big poster for everyone to see. poster had three large photos on it. one on the right is the la times journalist who did this reporting. also, another photo is one of his political rivals for the elected position of l.a. county sheriff and the third photo was ....
The l.a. sheriff department inspector general, who investigates things like this. the reason you put up the photo of those three the sheriff announced all three are subjects of a criminal investigation into how the la times reporter got that security footage. they re all the subjects of a criminal investigation now by his office. he says they re all being investigated now for possible felonies, like conspiracy and burglary and unauthorized use of a data base. he put up this list of potential crimes. all while the la times reporter was in the front row covering the press conference for this paper. while the sheriff puts up her picture as a possible perpetrator who his office is going after. this decision by the sheriff today to announce a criminal investigation into this reporter, certainly look like retaliation. the executive editor of the l.a. times put out this statement tonight citing the sheriff s attempt to criminalize news ....
Some distant authoritarian county, the los angeles county sheriff convened a press conference to announce he was opening a criminal investigation into an l.a. times reporter who has been reporting recently on a scandal in his office. he put up a big picture of her in the press conference as he sat there in the front row covering the press conference. the l.a. county sheriff s department s announcement it launched a criminal investigation into a journalist because of her reporting is appalling. this blatantly retaliatory conduct aimed at the la times and its reporter is beyond the pale and violates the first amendment. publishing newsworthy information about an alleged law enforcement cover up that sought to block an investigation, into the use of excessive force is constitutionally protected activity. joining us now is katie townsend, legal director at the reporter s committee for the freedom of the press. miss townsend, i appreciate you ....
George floyd. well, it was a reporter at the la times who published this video last month, along with reporting, alleging that the l.a. county sheriff s department, upened to and including the sheriff himself attempted to cover up the incident because they feared the negative light this incident could shed on the department. the sheriff himself has maintained that he didn t know about this until months after it happened. he says he didn t cover anything up. he said he relieved the deputy of duty immediately after he became aware of what had happened. well, yesterday that same l.a. times reporter added to the story. reporting that an l.a. county sheriff s department commander had filed a new legal claim, contesting all those denials from the sheriff. alleging specifically that the sheriff had viewed a video of the incident just five days after it occurred, not eight months later, which is what he claimed. the commander further alleges that sheriff vil know way va ....
everybody, nasa is preventing public comment on their eis that breaks their cleanup commitment. people want to be able to show you lou they re violating the law, and physically is physically blocking you from seeing it. free speech, free speech! free speech! this is live right now, you guys. this is crazy. they set this up in this kind of a situation where we don t have a microphone like we normally do to say our problems. and as the l.a. times the court reporter is at a little table in the corner that s not marked, trying to limit public participation, prevent the media from knowing how much we disliked the proposal and prevent officials from knowing it, too. there is a protocol for how public hearings are handled, and that s not it. the only option we have right now is to try to read our comments loudly. and that s just absurd. the majority of its contamination not cleaned up. ....