Note that Minneapolis state police have claimed that the reporters were released from jail the following morning after confirming themselves as media, which CNN responded by saying they had identified themselves before their arrest and it was only through the Goverers interference that their reporters were released the following morning.
Isn't this situational irony ? reporters covering the events that were a result of unreasonable police actions themselves were subject to the unreasonable actions of the police.
How is it legal for a police offer to arrest someone without any warning, without even telling them why they're being arrested, and without probable cause? What are the repercussions for these officers for falsely arresting people? Do they suffer any consequences, or do they suffer no punishment for this injustice?<p>This is extremely disturbing, and further evidence that the U.S. is a police state. I've never felt more ashamed of my country.
A follow up video from the reporter who was arrested <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gsXevAjNbw" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gsXevAjNbw</a>
I've spent half an hour watching various videos, this in the link and the video where mr Floyd is murdered. Then I watched some more videos of the kind.<p>As an european... Jesus f-ing christ, this is absolutely messed up.
While this is terrible, the special protections that journalists enjoy should apply to all citizens. If these weren't journalists but some poor random persons we wouldnt even know. Everyone can be a reporter nowadays thanks to technology, and there shouldn't be a class of officially recognized, untouchable arbiters of facts
Context is huge in cases like this, and I still haven't seen a video showing the beginning of the reporters' confrontation[1]. Does anyone have a link to a video that shows what happened prior to the videos that are being widely publicized?<p>[1] This one shows a bit more at the beginning, making it look like the crew had already been asked at least a few times to move: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvbXWAHad-4" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvbXWAHad-4</a>
Not an argument for this site I guess. But this is what happens when you have political leaders picking sides in violence. Trump literally tweeted "when the looting starts the shooting starts" (not before this event, of course -- it's an example). You think rhetoric like that doesn't have the effect of empowering police to abuse their power against people they don't like?
from the description of the YouTube video<p>> Black correspondent Omar Jimenez had just shown a protester being arrested when about half a dozen white police officers surrounded him.<p>Is there any reason to assume racism? it looks like two other people in the camera crew got arrested and they don't look black. It looks to me like CNN is trying to play the race card to stir controversy when there are millions of other more likely explanations
Technological solution: Attach a laser to a gimbal camera. use YOLOv3 or similar to target the eyes of cops or armed persons within 100foot radius. Set up a few gimbal with mutually reinforcing fields of fire. If they can't see, they can't shoot. Everyone is safe with no killing.
What happened to Floyd is horrible and police abuse is a real thing. I never understood why police officers in the US have no common sense. I recall many incidents where they shoot and kill people trying to escape (so no threat to them). I'm happy the public is doing something about it.<p>However, I'm also annoyed by the stupidity of many people who blindly yell racism. Not so long ago there was a naked black male (Harvard student) walking down the streets of Cambridge, MA. Police came and arrested him. He refused arrest so they have to use force, but it was reasonable force required to arrest someone who is refusing arrest. People filmed the incident and next day many accused the police for racism. WTF!? I watched the film and there was nothing out of the ordinary. We should support good police officers and not assume all are bad and racist. They risk their life to defend us and our communities (white and black and everyone else).
So, state police -- on a loudspeaker -- are "ordering" people to "leave the street immediately."<p>The reporter admits he was told "to clear the area."<p>The loudspeaker -- again -- explicitly states to "go back in the direction you came from."<p>The reporter admits on air that they were "requested to move back."<p>The cameraman also admits on air that "We were just out here reporting the CLOSURE OF THE STREETS."<p>The dumbasses -- despite all this -- refused to get off the street, instead saying things like "we COULD move back to where you'd like..."<p>Being a reporter does not give you special permission to violate a direct order by state police in the middle of a riot (with a burning building in the background.)<p>If you're told to get off the street, get off the street... IMMEDIATELY. If you don't, you'll get arrested.
I don't have an issue with this.<p>Both the police and the reporters were calm and polite. The police told them they had to clear the street and instead of obeying the order they asked to let them know when they were going to actually walk down the street. Since they refused to obey the order they were detained and escorted out of the way.<p>Being a reporter does not give you a free pass to disobey orders, specially during situations like that. Being a police offer also does not give you the right to mistreat people of course, but in this video everyone actually behaved very well.