Reason for arrest?
I dislike CNN, but arresting reporters for no apparent reason is bad.
Freedom of the press applies to all.
They are NOT the “Press.” They are Leftist agitators and propagandists. They should be hanging from lamp posts.
Saw it happen live. On camera live arrest. No reason given. After arrest the police said they were asked to move but did not. Actually as it was going down, the black reported asked them where they wanted him and his crew to move to and they would immediately comply. However the State police surrounded them and arrested the entire crew (white); the camera man left the camera on and as of a few minutes ago is still on live.
This is not the usual procedure, Off camera a chief of police said the person in charge of the State police unit had lost control of his men and would be in deep doodo. You do not arrest a reporter live on camera who is complying with an order while reporting on a situation standing in an area he was told to stand in by other police.
I agree with you. I think one of the reasons there’s so much pent up anger coming out in these riots has nothing to do with race. Its not just because it’s being exploited and whipped up by Antifa, but because even many ordinary citizens have a lot of resentment against heavy handed police enforcement of their local authorities’ “lockdown” rules.
The cops are responding by getting more and more authoritarian and violent themselves (remember the “takedown” of the lone kayaker in CA?). I think that in this case they had told the camera crew to move and the crew was doing so, with the reporter simply asking where the cops wanted them to move to. But I guess it wasn’t fast enough for the cops.
Sorry, even though it’s CNN that got arrested, it’s nothing to cheer about.
“Reason for arrest?”
Inciting a riot would be an easy charge, as would “stupidity unbecoming a human being” if what were a crime.
“I dislike CNN, but arresting reporters for no apparent reason is bad. Freedom of the press applies to all.”
I’m done with that. When the press OPENLY supports one political side, it is no longer ‘the press’, it is a PLAYER, and needs to be treated as such.
I like the idea of a press, but not the horrific monster we have today.
If you are in the middle of a riot situation and the police or NG tell you to leave the area and you don’t comply they will arrest you. Being in the press does not give you immunity.
“Reason for arrest?
I dislike CNN...”
I gotta say...I feel the same way. The reporter was even asking for direction from the SP...”Where do you want us?” Cops stood around like zombie goons and then just arrested him. That was completely wrong on their part.