L.A. County Sheriff Targets Reporter After Cover-Up Exposed

Rachel Maddow reports on Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva announcing an investigation of L.A. Times staff writer Alene Tchekmedyian as part of a broader investigation into a leak of video showing a deputy kneeling on the head of a handcuffed inmate, which Tchekmedyian published along with reporting that the video had been covered up out of concern for bad publicity.
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