October 2021

Fifth Circuit Decision: “It Is Not a Crime to Be a Journalist.”

By JT Morris

PUBLISHED IN: MediaLawLetter October 2021

TOPICS : Newsgathering

A recent decision from the Fifth Circuit concluded that officials have no qualified immunity after they arrested a citizen journalist for asking a police officer for information as part of reporting the local news.

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