Posted on 07/15/2015 11:19:45 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
St. Louis County prosecutors will soon decide whether to bring trespassing charges against two journalists arrested while covering demonstrations last summer in Ferguson, Missouri.
The Huffington Post’s Ryan Reilly and The Washington Post’s Wesley Lowery recently learned that there are open investigations related to their Aug. 13, 2014, arrests. The Police Department filed incident reports in late April of this year describing the reporters as trespassing when they were seized at a McDonald's restaurant.
A conviction on trespassing in St. Louis County can result in a jail sentence of up to one year, a fine up to $1,000, or both.
Reilly and Lowery were arrested at a McDonald’s being used by journalists covering demonstrations that erupted after the police killing of unarmed teenager Michael Brown. A police SWAT team entered the restaurant and, after some discussion, ordered it closed. The officers arrested Reilly and Lowery for supposedly not leaving quickly enough. They were released later that night without being charged.
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It was for their own protection - McDonald’s food is dangerous!
(oops, almost forgot...)
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