He had said during the pro-Palestinian rally that he was pushed and tripped into an officer. His attorney said the contact was “absolutely not intentional.'
A photojournalist with Austin Fox 7 has been charged with two misdemeanor offenses after he appeared to collide with a state trooper last week while covering a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Texas at Austin. The Department of Public Safety has alleged that the journalist, Carlos Sanchez , hit a state trooper with his video camera during the demonstrations on Wednesday.
Police, protesters clash again at UT Austin as pro-Palestinian demonstrations return Sanchez, 43, was charged this week with assault and interfering with public duties, according to his lawyer, Austin criminal defense attorney Gerry Morris. Both charges could lead to jail time and thousands of dollars in fines. It is the third time the state has attempted to punish Sanchez, after the county attorney declined an initial charge and a DPS detective withdrew a second one, all within about a week.
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