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In reply to the discussion: Breaking: CNN team arrested by Minnesota police on live television [View all]palandrome
(9 posts)28. No special rights for the press
To be fair, there are no special rights or protections for the press to be in any particular location.
If the police tell you to move, you have to move, doesnt matter if you work for CNN, Fox News, the local newspaper or you blog from your mom's basement. You cant ignore police orders if you are "press". Pretty simple.
Looks as if the crew were the only ones in an area that was being cleared by the police as they were telling everyone to leave, and the crew did not leave. We dont know the exact fact pattern here, but you can hear the police announcing that everyone in the area is to leave, and yet the crew is still there.
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Must be Trump supporting cops who swallowed the whole "CNN is fake news" crap.
Dustlawyer
May 2020
#21
John Chancellor arrested at 1964 Republican convention on live television
mahatmakanejeeves
May 2020
#8
The reporter could be seen identifying himself on the video, and he was clearly part of CNN's team.
pnwmom
May 2020
#13
The officers that arrested them and the ones that ordered it should be fired.
cstanleytech
May 2020
#27
That's exactly WHY the CNN reporter asked those State Police over and over where they wanted them
Bengus81
May 2020
#30
Please post a link to the video with the reporter asking the police where they should be.
palandrome
May 2020
#32
You OBVIOUSLY saw only a snipped at the end. The rest of us saw an exchange that lasted for minutes
pnwmom
May 2020
#45