In advance of a Clark County official was arrested this thirty day period in the deadly stabbing of a Las Vegas Evaluate-Journal reporter, it experienced been at minimum 3 decades since an American journalist’s murder was tied to an elected formal.
Jeff German, an investigative reporter, was observed lifeless outdoors his residence on Sept. 3. Four days later on, Las Vegas law enforcement arrested Clark County Community Administrator Robert Telles — whose tumultuous time in office environment was the matter of German’s reporting — in connection with the killing.
In the very last 3 decades, 13 journalists in the United States have been killed in relation to their perform, in accordance to facts that the Committee to Secure Journalists has gathered in that time. That includes 5 Maryland journalists who have been shot and killed in 2018 by a gunman angry around the newspaper’s coverage of him.
None of people fatalities has occur at the fingers of an elected official, according to Carlos Martínez de la Serna with the committee, a nonprofit organization that promotes press independence globally.
However, he acknowledged, harassment and threats are not unheard of for journalists.
In the context of the committee’s information from the past