From: Russia Today
Police lockdown and brutality on journalists at OWS
Published: 22 November, 2011, 02:00
An estimated 26 journalists have been arrested at Occupy Wall Street protests. Brutally handcuffed, thrown onto the ground, pepper sprayed, and threatened to have press credentials taken away -- is this the future for freedom of press in the US?
Freedom of the press versus a press suppressed. A new reality for journalists reporting in the US -- being roughed up, arrested and blocked from coverage.
"It's definitely unacceptable and not something that we should just let happen in a country that prides itself on freedom and the first amendment," said freelance writer and editorial assistant at Alternet Kristen Gwynne, who was handcuffed while text messaging and held for several hours.
Petite 21-year-old Anna Lekas Miller was tear-gassed by police. "It tastes pretty disgusting and really hurts your eyes a lot," she described.
"I was arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge on October 1 covering the action for Alternet," said Kristen Gwynne.
There is also the brutal detention of Faith Laugier caught on tape by a colleague.
"One cop literally came up, from behind, grabbed her and threw her to the ground," said credentialed journalist Evan Shamar, describing the arrest.
http://rt.com/usa/news/press-occupy-street-wall-885/
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Journalists Protest Police Treatment During Occupy Wall Street Eviction By Brett Smiley
Media organizations have not forgotten that the NYPD prevented numerous journalists from viewing, and reporting on, the police's overnight eviction of Occupy Wall Street protesters last week from Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan.
A group of news organizations has responded to the hostile treatment of writers and journalists — in pen, of course — by requesting a meeting to address their concerns stemming from incidents during the overnight raid. George Freeman, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel for the Times Company, in a letter joined by the Associated Press; The New York Post; the Daily News; Dow Jones; Thomson Reuters; and others, wrote: "The police actions of last week have been more hostile to the press than any other event in recent memory."
The letter continued: According to reports from our clients, credentialed media were identified, segregated and kept away from viewing, reporting on and photgraphing vital matters of public concern. A press pen was set up blocks away and those kept there were further prevented from seeing what was occuring by the strategic placement of police buses around the perimeter."
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/11/journalists-protest-police-treatment-occ...
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Police lockdown and brutality on journalists at OWS
An estimated 26 journalists have been arrested at Occupy Wall Street protests. Brutally handcuffed, thrown onto the ground, pepper sprayed, and threatened to have press credentials taken away -- is this the future for freedom of press in the US?
Freedom of the press versus a press suppressed. A new reality for journalists reporting in the US -- being roughed up, arrested and blocked from coverage.
"It's definitely unacceptable and not something that we should just let happen in a country that prides itself on freedom and the first amendment," said freelance writer and editorial assistant at Alternet Kristen Gwynne, who was handcuffed while text messaging and held for several hours.
Petite 21-year-old Anna Lekas Miller was tear-gassed by police. "It tastes pretty disgusting and really hurts your eyes a lot," she described.
"I was arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge on October 1 covering the action for Alternet," said Kristen Gwynne.
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