The number of Australian journalists hit by law enforcement while covering ongoing immigration protests in Los Angeles has increased to three, with reporters for the ABC, the New York Times and Nine affected.
Lauren Day, the North America correspondent for the ABC, was caught in the crossfire of police action on Tuesday LA time – this time from pepper pellets – after a “scary and stressful” incident on Monday night when she and her cameraman were sprayed with teargas. The camera operator was shot in the chest with a less-lethal bullet in the first incident.
