October 2023
Iowa Journalist Can Proceed with Suit Against Officer Who Arrested Him, Eighth Circuit Decides
PUBLISHED IN: MediaLawLetter October 2023
TOPICS : Newsgathering
“Once Officer Holtan was aware Nieters was a member of the press and had no reason to believe Nieters had been within hearing distance of the orders to disperse,” the opinion states, “it certainly was not an ‘objectively reasonable’ mistake to believe probable cause existed for the arrest.”
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