Prosecutor Gives Up On Interference Case Against Citizen Journalist
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This article originally appeared on WND.com
Guest by post by Bob Unruh
But his 1st Amendment claim still pending in federal court
Prosecutors in Fort Bend County, Texas, have given up on their campaign to convict a citizen journalist who was singled out by police and arrested from among a number of other reporters at the scene of a police response.
The Institute for Justice notes, however, that the federal lawsuit by journalist Justin Pulliam against authorities in the county continues.
But they no longer will be prosecuting him for misdemeanor offenses.
The decision came after a hung jury in a trial, in which five jurors decided on acquittal,
