Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S. This Year
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#2> The vast majority of these arrests occurred while journalists were documenting the historic, nationwide protests over the police killing of George Floyd and in support of Black Lives Matter.
So basically, it's not a coincidence - police are more likely to arrest journalists that are attending anti-police protests. And it's sort of understandable. Imagine you are a police officer called to go to a protest where everyone there hates your guts, calls for you to lose your job, and bad actors instigate confrontation, throw stuff at you, etc. The escalated tensions probably adds way more stress to the officers there and they snap and start doing heavy handed policing because they want the protest to be over so they can go home.
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#3> The vast majority of these arrests occurred while journalists were documenting the historic, nationwide protests over the police killing of George Floyd and in support of Black Lives Matter. So basically, it's not a coincidence - police are more likely to arrest journalists that are attending anti-police protests. And it's sort of understandable. Imagine you are a police officer called to go to a protest where ever…
They don't get to snap.
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#4Well considering how many "journalists" there are/were at these BLM riots... im not surprised.
Basically everyone with a cellphone and a twitch stream thinks they are a journalist. Not to mention most the said "journalists" are very biased.
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#5> The vast majority of these arrests occurred while journalists were documenting the historic, nationwide protests over the police killing of George Floyd and in support of Black Lives Matter. So basically, it's not a coincidence - police are more likely to arrest journalists that are attending anti-police protests. And it's sort of understandable. Imagine you are a police officer called to go to a protest where ever…
Was anyone suggesting it was a coincidence? It makes sense more journalists were arrested, but it's still notable.
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#6> The vast majority of these arrests occurred while journalists were documenting the historic, nationwide protests over the police killing of George Floyd and in support of Black Lives Matter. So basically, it's not a coincidence - police are more likely to arrest journalists that are attending anti-police protests. And it's sort of understandable. Imagine you are a police officer called to go to a protest where ever…
It is understandable that the police want to arrest the press when the press is reporting on a movement against police brutality. Its still bad.
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#7What's their definition of journalist here? Journalists, at these protests, that were arrested?
In other words, how many twitter followers do I need before I can identify as a journalist?!
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#8> The vast majority of these arrests occurred while journalists were documenting the historic, nationwide protests over the police killing of George Floyd and in support of Black Lives Matter. So basically, it's not a coincidence - police are more likely to arrest journalists that are attending anti-police protests. And it's sort of understandable. Imagine you are a police officer called to go to a protest where ever…
They don't get to snap.
This. The last thing that anyone should want to hear is that the police are snapping under high-pressure situations, which are the situations where the average citizen is going to need them the most level-headed.
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#9In some protests, when things get violent, is it easy to spot a journalist or do they just look like other protestors? honest question.
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#10What's their definition of journalist here? Journalists, at these protests, that were arrested? In other words, how many twitter followers do I need before I can identify as a journalist?!
I wonder if there's any countries that specifically recognise people as journalists?
Like how police officers have a warrant and specific powers and accountability, could legitimate journalists be recognised, empowered and held accountable like that? Then it could also be an offence to impersonate them.
Otherwise yeah a journalist is just some random person claiming to be a journalist and I'm not sure what could be done about that?