Salazar

“Finding a balance between public transparency and trust, along with officer safety, is critical when we’re talking about creating state laws that change the rules for officers that are being placed into conflict situations,” Jason Salazar, president of the California Police Chief Assn., said in a statement.

The mistreatment of journalists at the recent protests are part of a “history of ugly treatment by police,” Rose said, which included the 1970 killing of one of the city’s leading Latino media voices, Ruben Salazar, who had been covering a Chicano rights protest when he was struck by a tear-gas canister fired by a sheriff’s deputy.

Parra and Salazar were each charged with one count for possession of drugs with the intent to distribute.

Parra and Salazar have been released on bond, while Lopez-Martinez and Mendoza remain in custody.

Parra also received fentanyl on consignment from Salazar for further distribution, authorities allege.