Prosecutors in Lake County, Indiana, might not intend to advance the Trump administration’s agenda by pursuing charges against photojournalist Matthew Kaplan.
They may think that when Gary police officers broke up a Jan. 18 protest of the incoming administration’s immigration policies, journalists like Kaplan were obligated to leave too.
But they’re wrong about the law — journalists have a constitutional right to document police conduct during protests and their aftermath. And their error (assuming it is one) is a gift to Trump and his anti-press and anti-immigration agendas. They need to reverse course and drop the case.
Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) Director of Advocacy Seth Stern explains in an op-ed in the Post-Tribune.
