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September 14, 2020

Two L.A. Sheriff's Deputies Survive Shooting; Local Reporter Attacked and Arrested for Covering Protests
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In Compton, Los Angeles, two L.A. sheriff's deputies were shot by an
unidentified gunman who walked up to their parked car, opened fire and
ran away. Both officers survived and are out of surgery.

In August, Compton Mayor Aja Brown said of the deputies, "They terrorize
the community and then they cover their tracks. It is unacceptable, we
will not take this." Mayor Brown, who is Black, was herself pulled over
by sheriff's deputies last year and searched, despite doing nothing
wrong.

Meanwhile, KPCC reporter Josie Huang, who was covering the shooting and
protests in response, was tackled and arrested by deputies, who pinned
her face-down into the pavement.


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