February 2021

Thanks to Cameras, No Qualified Immunity for Cop Who Tear-Gassed Journalists During Ferguson Riots

By Ross Ufberg

PUBLISHED IN: MediaLawLetter February 2021

TOPICS : Newsgathering

An officer responding to protests in Ferguson, Missouri after the 2014 death of Michael Brown is subject to suit claiming he violated news media’s First Amendment rights.

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