Journalists arrested without cause and injured by police at the RNC.

[zestyping]

Maybe you've heard about this already, but it's vital that we spread the word.

Police officers at the RNC have been assaulting, arresting, and jailing journalists without cause. These journalists were simply doing their jobs - taking pictures, writing notes, asking questions - and had their press badges clearly visible.

See here for video of Amy

Comments

Convention chaos

[eekim]

It's an ongoing problem at both conventions. My friend, Joe, is a former L.A. Times reporter who blogged about this:

http://www.newamerica.net/blog/blockbuster-democracy/2008/we-judge-chinese-6615

[ketzie]

And here we have the ACLU's National Security Counsel explaining that it's actual police policy.

http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/03/aclu-counsel-st-paul-police-behavior-is-frightening/

this sucks

[mrsmith6111]

wow this sucks

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