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Judge in lawsuit calls Minneapolis police violence against journalists during George Floyd protests ‘serious and troubling’

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By | | Pioneer PressA freelance journalist who was injured in May while reporting on the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis has scored an early win in her lawsuit against the city of Minneapolis and police union leader Bob Kroll.The lawsuit filed in June by Linda Tirado, who was blinded by a rubber bullet, claimed police were targeting reporters with violence and that city officials knew about it but failed to stop them.Kroll, who has since retired, is accused of conspiring with officers to encourage the abuse.U.S. District Chief Judge John Tunheim on Monday found Tirado has made a plausible case, rejecting motions by Kroll and the city to dismiss the lawsuit. The suit now advances to the evidence collection stage.“Tirado’s experience as a journalist during the George Floyd protests and her injuries are serious and troubling,” Tunheim wrote.“That numerous other journalists experienced similar, seemingly unjustified incidents involving less-lethal munitions and other measures is even more troubling, as the allegations plausibly suggest an unconstitutional custom carried out by MPD officers of targeting journalists for unlawful reprisals,” according to Tunheim’s order.Attorneys for the city had argued that the fact that several journalists were injured during the protests was not enough to establish a “widespread and persistent pattern.”Kroll’s attorneys had argued the union president was not present during the protests, that he played no role in Tirado’s injuries and that anything he said about reporters is protected by the First Amendment.Motions to dismiss are pending in a similar federal lawsuit brought by freelance journalist Jared Goyette and the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota. That case, intended as a class action, names both city and state law enforcement leaders as defendants.We invite you to use our commenting platform to engage in insightful conversations about issues in our community. We reserve the right at all times to remove any information or materials that are unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, indecent or otherwise objectionable to us, and to disclose any information necessary to satisfy the law, regulation, or government request. We might permanently block any user who abuses these conditions.Sign up for Newsletters and AlertsFollow UsMost PopularClose

By | | Pioneer PressA freelance journalist who was injured in May while reporting on the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis has scored an early win in her lawsuit against the city of Minneapolis and police union leader Bob Kroll.The lawsuit filed in June by Linda Tirado, who was blinded by a rubber bullet, claimed police were targeting reporters with violence and that city officials knew about it but failed to stop them.Kroll, who has since retired, is accused of conspiring with officers to encourage the abuse.U.S. District Chief Judge John Tunheim on Monday found Tirado has made a...

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Judge in lawsuit calls Minneapolis police violence against journalists during George Floyd protests ‘serious and troubling’

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