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    In brazen attack on press, Sheriff Alex Villanueva investigates LA Times reporter who revealed cover-up

    by Harriet Ryan and Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times Apr 26, 2022 3 minutes
    Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva during a news conference at the Hall of Justice on May 26, 2021, in Los Angeles.

    LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced Tuesday his department is targeting an L.A. Times journalist in a criminal leak investigation for her reporting on the department’s cover-up of an incident in which a deputy kneeled on the head of a handcuffed inmate for three minutes.

    The sheriff’s attack on reporter Alene Tchekmedyian during a news conference drew immediate condemnation from the newspaper.

    “His attempt to criminalize news reporting goes against well-established constitutional law,” said Kevin Merida, executive editor of the Times, in a statement. “We will vigorously defend Tchekmedyian’s and the Los Angeles Times’ rights

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