Minnesota Police Settle Press Violence Claims Over Floyd Protest

A group of journalists who allege “an extraordinary escalation of unlawful force deliberately targeting reporters” who covered Minneapolis protests against police brutality and racism agreed to drop Minnesota state officials from their federal lawsuit after the two sides reached a settlement.

Jared Goyette, a number of other journalists, and the Communications Workers of America alleged that local law enforcement and Minnesota State Patrol officers “tear-gassed, pepper-sprayed, shot in the face with rubber bullets, arrested without cause, and threatened journalists at gunpoint, all after these journalists identified themselves and were otherwise clearly engaged in their reporting duties” at protests following the ...