A civil rights lawsuit brought against the St. Charles County Regional SWAT team by three Al Jazeera America journalists who were tear-gassed during the Ferguson protests of 2014 has settled for $280,000.
The international outlet was preparing a live broadcast related to the protests centered on Michael Brown’s shooting death by St. Louis police in August 2014 when officers fired tear gas toward them. The day after, St. Charles County said that the officers had rescued the journalists.
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