Los Angeles County will pay $700,000 to a public radio journalist who was slammed to the ground and arrested by sheriff’s deputies while covering a 2020 protest outside a hospital in Lynwood.
During Tuesday’s meeting, the Board of Supervisors voted to approve the payment to LAist reporter Josie Huang in anticipation of a potential lawsuit, even though she had not yet formally filed her case in court. In a statement this week, Huang’s attorneys celebrated the outcome, which they said appears to be the largest dollar amount awarded to an individual reporter whose rights were violated while covering protests in 2020.
“This settlement sends a strong message and, importantly, holds officials accountable for what happened to our client,” said Katie Townsend, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press attorney who represented Huang. “We’re glad to have reached a…
