Journalists have been detained, beaten, and targeted by the government -- right here in Los Angeles.  It has happened to freelance, independent journalists, as well as journalists with major organizations, such as the Los Angeles Times, KPCC, and Spectrum One News. How bad and how comprehensive are efforts to handcuff the press? What impact is it having on hard-hitting coverage in Southern California?  Mike talks with Lexis-Olivier Ray of L.A. TACO,  Ben Camacho a reporter and photographer often published at Knock LA, and Adam Rose of the Los Angeles Press Club.

Further Reading:

Reporters for Committee for Freedom of the Press

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker

Reporters, legal observers cry foul after being caught up in LAPD’s mass arrests at Echo Park protest (LA Times)

When Police Cracked Down on Reporters on One Chaotic Night in LA's Echo Park (NPR)

Los Angeles Sues Reporter Ben Camacho Over Documents the LAPD Gave Him (Daily Beast)

D.A. Won’t Prosecute Reporter Arrested While Covering Shooting of Deputies (NYT)

A journalist accused the LAPD of assault. Then police tried to have him prosecuted (LA Times)

Sheriff Alex Villanueva Targets L.A. Times Journalist in Criminal Investigation (LA Magazine)

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