August 2021

Pushing Back Against NYPD for Violations of Journalists’ Constitutional Rights

By Mickey H. Osterreicher and Robert D. Balin

PUBLISHED IN: MediaLawLetter August 2021

TOPICS : Access / FOIA, Government Records

In a recently filed suit, five visual journalists are suing the NYPD for civil rights violations after each journalist was targeted, beaten, or arrested by NYPD officers while attempting to cover the 2020 George Floyd protests in New York City.

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