County to pay $280K to journalists tear-gassed in Ferguson
Three journalists with Al Jazeera who were tear-gassed during a protest in Ferguson, Missouri, after Michael Brown’s death in 2014 have settled a lawsuit with the county whose SWAT team fired the tear gas.
The law firm that represented the Al Jazeera America journalists says St. Charles County agreed to pay $280,000.
Ferguson became a focal point for the racial injustice movement after 18-year-old Brown, who was Black, was fatally shot by a white police officer on on Aug. 9, 2014.
The shooting led to months of protests that drew media from around the world.
A St. Charles County spokeswoman says the county still believes the use of tear gas was justified.
