Last year’s unrest in Ferguson is causing new problems for the St. Louis County police department.
Four journalists arrested during last summer’s protests are suing the department for civil rights violations and unlawful detention.
The lawsuit filed Monday also names 20 unidentified St. Louis County officers.
The plaintiffs include two journalists who were working for German publications at the time of their arrest.
The other two plaintiffs are a freelance reporter and a journalist for an online investigative publication.
All four are U.S. citizens, according to the suit.
The suit alleges their arrests – for failing to disperse when ordered – was unjustified and constituted an infringement on the freedom of the press.
They’re not the first journalists to have sued the county over a Ferguson-related arrest.
In December, another journalist sued the county, similarly arguing his rights had been violated.
