LA Times accuses sheriff of ‘outrageous’ effort to ‘criminalise reporting’ after he targeted journalist over his alleged cover-up

Associated Press

The Los Angeles Times has condemned Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s investigation into reporter Alene Tchekmedyian as an “outrageous” attempt to “criminalize reporting”.

Mr Villanueva on Tuesday said he was investigating Tchekmedyian as well as a political rival and a sheriff’s inspector over the leak of a damning video showing a deputy kneeling on the head of a handcuffed prisoner.