[Sherman Logan]

I was objecting to the topic, the notion that the press guys should have been treated differently from anybody else present.

IOW, I am saying that the privileges the press is claiming for itself should be extended to all of us, not limited to them.

I think that’s very different from a defense of police actions.

[MeganC]

IOW, I am saying that the privileges the press is claiming for itself should be extended to all of us, not limited to them.

Ah. In the Glik decision the three judge panel unanimously agreed with you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glik_v._Cunniffe

And while I agree with them that any citizen acting as a reporter should be treated as a reporter I don't want the special place of the press to apply to everyone. Because if it applies to everyone then it applies to no one at all and then cops firing tear gas and rubber bullets at the media will become socially and legally acceptable.