Sunday, May 9, 2010

Amy Goodman Files Suit Against St. Paul

Democracy Now host Amy Goodman has filed a lawsuit against the cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis for her treatment by police during the GOP convention last year. I commented on Mrs. Goodman's arrest when it happened. Here is the video again for those who didn't see it:

Filed with the Center for Constitutional Rights in a federal court in Minnesota, the lawsuit says authorities violated the freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment to Goodman, her producers and other journalists when they interfered with their right to gather news.

The lawsuit seeks a permanent injunction against authorities to prevent their interference in the journalistic rights of Goodman and her producers again. It also calls for the court to declare the actions that restricted their work unconstitutional and award compensation and punitive monetary damages, including compensation for medical expenses and lost or damaged property.

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