Los Angeles Times Journalists Sue Minnesota State Troopers

Los Angeles Times’ journalists Carolyn Cole and Molly Hennessy-fiske have sued Minnesota State Patrol officers, claiming that they violated their first amendment rights, according to a report by the Times. Minnesota’s government issued an emergency executive order that enacted a nighttime curfew in Minneapolis and St. Paul on May 29 and 30, but some personnel was exempted, including news media. The lawsuit states Cole and Hennessy-fiske were covering a protest when state troopers backed them and other journalists into a wall and began attacking them. They are seeking compensatory and punitive damages.