The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office will not pursue charges against a reporter who was accused of interfering with an arrest and thrown to the ground while covering the shooting of two sheriff’s deputies on Sept. 12. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, in a statement on Twitter after the arrest, said Ms. Huang had run toward deputies while an arrest was underway and had ignored repeated commands to stay back. The department also said she had not identified herself as a reporter and had later admitted she did not have press credentials. But Ms. Huang shared her own account on Twitter after she was released from police custody, including videos that showed her repeatedly identifying herself as a reporter. A television station’s video of Ms. Huang’s arrest shows something hanging around her neck, and another shows several deputies taking Ms. Huang down as they arrest her.

Source: New York Times September 25, 2020 03:11 UTC