Charges against a Cincinnati journalist have been dropped in Northern Kentucky.

CityBeat reporter Madeline Fening was arrested during a July demonstration on the Roebling Suspension Bridge. Covington Police originally charged her with felony rioting. The Kenton Commonwealth Attorney dropped that in favor of misdemeanor charges.

The ACLU of Kentucky says those charges have now been dropped, too.

“I was just doing my job,” Fening says. “I am relieved this is over, and grateful to everyone who stood with me. I look forward to publishing my full account of what transpired that day on the Roebling Bridge.”

Bethany Baxter, staff attorney for the ACLU of Kentucky, says she’s happy Fening was exonerated.

“The press should not be punished simply for being present where the news is happening.”

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