A journalist has gone on trial on charges stemming from her co | Woke America News

A journalist has gone on trial on charges stemming from her coverage of a protest against racial injustice in the United States state of Iowa last year after prosecutors defied international pressure to drop a rare effort to punish a working reporter.

Des Moines Register news reporter Andrea Sahouri, who was pepper-sprayed and jailed while reporting on a clash between protesters and police in May, is charged with failure to disperse and interference with official acts. If convicted on the simple misdemeanour charges, the 25-year-old would be fined hundreds of dollars and have a criminal record.