Arrested, jailed and assaulted: Being a journalist in Trump’s America

Behind the Headlines by The Independent

Jul 13, 202036:32News & Politics

On July 1 The Independent's Chief US Correspondent Andrew Buncombe was arrested while covering a police operation to clear Black Lives Matter protesters in Seattle. In this first episode of a brand new podcast series Beh...

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