Journalist, ACLU Sue Minneapolis Over Police Violence

A freelance journalist is suing Minneapolis and Minnesota authorities for “an extraordinary escalation of unlawful force deliberately targeting reporters” who are covering protests against police brutality and racism in the wake of the May 25 police killing of Minneapolis resident George Floyd.

Minneapolis police and Minnesota State Patrol officers “have 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,” Jared Goyette says in his complaint. Any actions officials have taken to rein in this conduct “have ...