“Actually ANYONE at a location after the police order it vacated IS breaking the law and can be arrested”
LOL.
If the police had wanted to arrest Carl Stein, they could have asked him to set his news camera down on the ground slowly, with no sudden movements, and place his hands behind his back so he could be cuffed and taken into custody.
Of course, had they done that, they’d still be reassigned or demoted or suspended without pay for arresting a journalist covering a legitimate news event rather than directing him towards a designated safe area as mandated by LAPD policy.
But if they assaulted a guy standing still with one of those heavy TV news cameras on his shoulder covering a legitimate news event, they’re going to lose their jobs. They could get sued too — lose their houses, their kids’ college funds, maybe even do time.
I take no delight in knowing that, but I believe in the rule of law.
They weren't arresting him, they were clearing a park during a violent riot of illegal aliens.
Go back to the liberal rock you live under.
“a legitimate news event”
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
It was NOT a legitimate event so it was NOT a legitimate news event....
Not even a nice try to make the unlawful actions of illegal aliens into a civil rights situation...
The illegal aliens do NOT have rights under the COTUS...
Cops are good. Mostly. And I come from a family of cops. And when riot police are assaulted, and they were assaulted, only an idiot would continue to fight them.
If a journalist was assaulted by the riot police, and I seriously doubt he was, he should have got out of the way for heaven’s sake. Just because he’s a journalist doesn’t give him any special rights. Once a peaceful demonstration becomes unpeacful, for whatever reason, and all are told to disperse, all, including journalists, should disperse.
It’s no wonder police are fearful of doing their job. It doesn’t matter what they do, they’re going to be reamed for it.
Even though I come from a family of cops, I’ve been talked to or some may claim “harassed” by them. We either want our cops to their job or we want to disparage them when they do what we want. I’m all for holding rogue cops accountable but most aren’t rogue cops. The majority follow the code. The riot police have an especially difficult job. Any sane or normal person would listen and get out of there once the riot police start doing their job. But I guess “journalists” don’t have to be street smart. I’m all for holding them (cops) accountable, but I hate that they’re not allowed to do the job they were hired for because certain factions of our society are so ready to cry or whine that they were ‘assaulted’ or their rights were denied somehow.
My opinion, inconsequential as it is, concerning what happened during the Illegal Immigrants protest, is the riot police did their job and now they’re being reamed for it. Just because a journalist was moved out of the way.
It’s not the cops job to direct the journalist to a safe area. If he was in the way, so be it. He got taken out of the way and the cops are being reamed because of it but I bet this journalist would be squawking (sp) about how the cops didn’t protect him if he was injured by the illegal immigrants protesting at this rally. But he was injured (his pride, and what a man he is) by being removed by those bad cops. Disgusting.
“I take no delight in knowing that, but I believe in the rule of law.”
Than you must believe that every illegal should be arrested and deported immediately. I agree!!