25-04-2024 23:11 via kxan.com

Press freedom advocates want change following Austin photojournalist protest arrest

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A FOX 7 photojournalist was released from jail Thursday -- one of dozens of people arrested during a pro-Palestine protest at the University of Texas at Austin -- accused of "criminal trespassing," according to the news outlet."They said that I hit an officer. I didn't hit an officer. They were pushing me. They were pushing me," the photojournalist, who identified himself as Carlos, told KXAN as he was led away in handcuffs Wednesday afternoon. "This never happened to me, you kn
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