Tag: Andy Grimm

News Photographer Shot by Cop Who Mistook Camera and Tripod for Gun An Ohio newspaper photojournalist was shot by a police officer last night after the cop mistook the camera and tripod the photographer was holding for a via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/09/05/news-photographer-shot-cop-mistook-camera-tripod-gun/ The New Carlisle News reports that its photographer Andy Grimm was shot by Clark…

Deputy Who Shot Photog ‘Reasonably’ Thought Tripod Was Gun: Lawyers In September 2017, an Ohio newspaper photojournalist was shot by a deputy at a traffic stop when a tripod was mistaken for a gun. Now lawyers are arguing via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/03/27/deputy-who-shot-photog-reasonably-thought-tripod-was-gun-lawyers/ Photographer Andy Grimm was shot at around 10 p.m. on September 4th, 2017, when…