Jailed Video Journalist to Be Released on Bail
A freelance video journalist jailed for a month after he refused to turn over footage of a political protest to a grand jury will be released on bail while a federal appeals court considers his case.
Josh Wolf, 24, videotaped a July 2005 protest during the G-8 economic summit, where anarchists were suspected of vandalizing a city police car.
One San Francisco officer was struck and suffered a fractured skull.
Wolf declined to turn over tapes of the demonstration to a federal grand jury.
A judge found him in contempt of court and ordered him jailed Aug. 1.
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