Journalist Swept Up in Inauguration Day Arrests Faces Trial – The New York Times

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Journalist Swept Up in Inauguration Day Arrests Faces Trial

Of the nine journalists arrested in Washington on Jan. 20, only two are being charged. Alexei Wood, a freelancer, goes before a judge on Wednesday.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/14/business/media/alexei-wood-journalist-trial-inauguration.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

On Jan. 20, the day Donald J. Trump was being sworn in as president in front of the Capitol, a limousine was set on fire and storefront windows were smashed nearby. Officers in riot gear from the Washington Metropolitan Police moved in and arrested 230 people — including nine journalists — at the protests, which were organized in part by an activist group called Disrupt J20.

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