Minneapolis

The release of police bodycam footage highlights the discretionary application of the state's public access laws.

RCFP is urging AG Merrick Garland to “examine whether force, arrests … have been misused to chill legitimate journalistic work.”

The incident was one of a slew of press rights violations reported during recent protests in Minnesota.

Over 100 media and press freedom organizations signed on to the Reporters Committee’s letter to Minnesota officials.

‘The video evidence showing journalists under police assault simply for doing their jobs is harrowing.’

State police arrested three journalists reporting on protests