As the attacks added up, so did the lawsuits filed on behalf of the media. MsReads via FirstAmendWatch
December 5, 2022
an open-source database of press freedom incidents, reported at the two-year mark following Floyd’s death that at least 50 journalists covering the protests had filed First Amendment lawsuits against law enforcement. Three notable and sizeable monetary settlements negotiated in 2022 share similarities: The cases of Linda Tirado and Jared Goyette, et al. in Minneapolis and Trevor Hughes in Denver were injured in the first days of protests at the end of May 2020.
“There’s a difference between police reacting to general protesters versus police reacting to media covering police violence. If you are able to silence the journalists, it silences the narrative,” Nelson said. “And so with that increased transparency, I want to believe that there will be increased accountability. And I don’t think law enforcement wants to be held accountable.
No settlement money went toward legal fees as attorney Tai-Heng Cheng, a law partner and co-head of the Global Arbitration, Trade and Advocacy practice with Sidley Austin LLP, provided pro-bono legal assistance. However, Tirado estimates that it will cost more than $2 million “in the course of my lifetime” or less than that, she says if she doesn’t need a seeing-eye dog.”
Journalist Jared Goyette was struck by a “less-lethal” ballistic ammunition round on the bridge of his nose while covering the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis May 27, 2020.
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