Australia probes U.S. police assault on its journalists outside White House
Australia is investigating a US police attack on two Australian television journalists outside the White House, the foreign minister said Tuesday, expressing"strong concerns" about the assault caught live on camera.
Footage showed 7NEWS reporter Amelia Brace being clubbed with a truncheon and cameraman Tim Myers being hit with a riot shield and punched in the face by police clearing Washington's Lafayette Square of protesters on Monday. The US ambassador to Australia, Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr., said on Twitter:"We take mistreatment of journalists seriously, as do all who take democracy seriously."US police -- with support from military personnel -- had forcibly cleared the square of peaceful protesters to allow President Donald Trump to leave the White House for a photo opportunity.
Story continues"This is obviously a very troubling period in the United States and a very tough period at so many levels," she told ABC radio.
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