"I wasn't doing anything wrong," Sahouri said,
as Iowa Public Radio reported. "I said, 'I'm press, I'm press, I'm press.' He grabbed me, pepper-sprayed me and as he was doing so said, 'That's not what I asked.'"
Police body cam video that was shown to the jury supported Sahouri's version of events, showing that as she dealt with the effects of the pepper spray, she told the officer: "This is my job ... I'm just doing my job. I'm a journalist."
Sahouri said she was running away from police in riot gear who fired tear gas into the crowd as they moved to disperse protesters near a Des Moines shopping mall.
When she saw Officer Wilson advancing toward her, she said she put up her hands.
Sahouri was at the protest with her then-boyfriend, Spenser Robnett, who was also arrested and charged. The jury also found him not guilty.
