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Opening statements begin in trial of self-proclaimed citizen journalist
Nydia Tisdale
Nydia Tisdale confers with her defense team Monday morning at the start of the criminal trial against her. Tisdale, who calls herself a citizen journalist, was forcibly removed from a political rally at a local pumpkin farm in 2014 and subsequently arrested on charges of trespassing and obstruction of an officer. - photo by FCN regional staff
Allie Dean
Updated: Nov 29, 2017, 6:13 PM
Published: Nov 29, 2017, 6:10 PM
Opening statements were set to begin Wednesday in the case against citizen journalist Nydia Tisdale. She faces trespassing and obstruction charges after refusing to stop shooting video of speeches at an August 2014 political rally at Burt’s Pumpkin Farm in Dawsonville.
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