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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPolice in Ferguson have also tried to light the First Amendment on fire
Obviously, the most tragic consequence of their savage brutality was the slaying of unarmed teen Mike Brown, but the police in Ferguson have also tried to light the First Amendment on fire, arresting and attacking reporter after reporter in an attempt to intimidate the media from covering their world. The list of reporters arrested so far, according to the Poynter Institute:
Ryan Devereaux (The Intercept)
Frank Hermann (Die Welt)
Ansgar Graw (Die Welt)
Lukas Hermsmeier (Die Welt)
Scott Olson (Getty Images)
Robert Klemko (Sports Illustrated)
Rob Crilly (The Telegraph)
Neil Munshi (Financial Times)
Ryan J. Reilly (The Huffington Post)
Wesley Lowery (The Washington Post)
And it's not going to get better: The Ferguson police are vowing to continue their totalitarian campaign of arresting the media.
http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/264273/which-journalists-have-been-arrested-in-ferguson/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/19/1322938/-Ferguson-police-continue-arresting-and-attacking-media
NightWatcher
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(15,429 posts)BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)"Yeah...well, boy..you got your rules and all that but this is MY town and we do things differently 'round here-a"
It's not true for all small towns but I've heard similar words many times, as the above.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)They've shown their true colors.