Journalists’ Class Suit Over Treatment By Police Largely Survives Dismissal

Mealey's (August 3, 2021, 1:40 PM EDT) -- MINNEAPOLIS — A putative class complaint by journalists against the city of Minneapolis and police officials over their treatment while covering protests in 2020 following the death of George Floyd may largely proceed, a federal judge in Minneapolis ruled July 29, dismissing only a Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution claim against state agencies as the amendment applies only to actions of the federal government....