Josie Huang’s Net Worth, Biography, Fact, Career, Awards and Life Story
Huang was booked on a misdemeanor charge of obstruction of justice and released from jail a few hours later, according to KTLA and Huang’s Twitter account. Huang wrote on Twitter just before 5 a.m. that she was released for the jail and headed home. An earlier tweet showed her coverage of the protest outside the hospital. LAist reported Huang was taken to the women’s jail at the Century Regional Detention Center and released at about 4 a.m.
“Hi, all. I’m out of county jail and am headed home. Thank you for caring. I have seen @LASDHQ tweets and have thoughts and videos to share soon after a little rest,” Huang wrote on Twitter. A few hours later, she shared the videos and an account of her experiences. The video shows her phone clatter to the ground.
“I’m a reporter! I’m with KPCC!” she shouted.
Another video shows her filming the arrest of the first man. She said her phone was on zoom. Deputies told her to back up. She wrote on Twitter she had nowhere to back up. She said she was wearing her press badge. Before her arrest, she said she was covering the shooting.
“One of the deputies is a mom of a 6 year-old. I felt my chest tighten thinking about the little boy,” she wrote on Twitter.
She said she was in her car “tying things up” with an editor when she heard a commotion outside and went to see what it was. She was wearing her press badge, she said. She shared video of the arrest of a man, which was followed by her own arrest.
“Thank you all for the support and to the loveliest colleagues at @KPCC and @LAist. Our newsroom works really hard to cover our community and is proud to exercise our 1st Amendment rights, along with all the rest of you,” her thread concluded.
