Teargassed, beaten up, arrested: what freedom of the press looks like in the US right now
As protests spread across the US, journalists are being attacked by police forces and even sustaining serious injuries
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Caught in the middle of a scrum covering protests in Minneapolis on Saturday, photojournalist Ed Ou could feel his hands and face were wet. For a long time, he didn’t know if it was teargas, pepper spray, or blood – in the end, it turned out to be a combination of all three.
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