Article 5F4AP Iowa officer admits failing to record arrest of pepper-sprayed reporter at BLM protest

Iowa officer admits failing to record arrest of pepper-sprayed reporter at BLM protest

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Associated Press in Des Moines
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Luke Wilson said his body camera was on when he arrested Andrea Sahouri and that he wrongly believed it had recorded incident

An Iowa police officer who pepper-sprayed and arrested a journalist covering a Black Lives Matter protest acknowledged on Tuesday that he failed to record the interaction on his body camera and did not notify a supervisor as required.

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