Black TV Crew Attacked While Filming

[wndycty]

Black TV Crew Attacked While Filming

By KATRINA A. GOGGINS

Associated Press Writer

7:36 PM CDT, March 11, 2008

COLUMBIA, S.C.

Three people upset that a news crew was reporting on the arrest of a relative attacked the television reporter and yelled racial slurs at her and a photographer, authorities said Tuesday.

The family members, all white, began yelling and charged at black WSPA-TV reporter Charmayne Brown while she was standing in the street near the family's home in Union, said news director Alex Bongiorno.

Brown was punched in the head, and black cameraman Ti Barnes was also struck as he tried to pull family members off Brown, Bongiorno said. A video of the attack shows Brown, who wasn't seriously injured, defending herself.

"I think she's more affected by the verbal abuse than the physical abuse. She's really shaken up," Bongiorno said.

The fight was taped by a white crew from a second television station. They were not attacked.
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-ap-reporter-attacked,0,6527331.story

[smiley_glad_hands]

1. Alive and well. eom

[ben_meyers]

2. Sometimes being in the media is downright scary

Before I left Minnesota we had a similer incident.

Black Crowd Attacks Journalists after Shooting
About 75 to 100 people in North Minneapolis rioted Thursday evening after police said an officer accidentally shot an 11-year-old boy in the arm while executing a search warrant, the St. Paul Pioneer-Press reports. Tensions grew as TV news crews arrived to cover the event.

The 75 to 100 people gathered and began to shout at police and reporters, police said.

WFTC-TV reporter Maury Glover, a black journalist, did a live report from the scene for the 9 p.m. newscast but was not attacked and was able to leave the area unharmed, Dana Benson, news director of both KMSP and WFTC, told Journal-isms.

However, windows were broken out of a WCCO-TV news vehicle and in a Metro Transit bus. A police spokeswoman said a KMSP-TV, Channel 9, news vehicle was burned. Two Star Tribune reporters, a photographer for the St. Paul Pioneer Press and a reporter for WCCO-TV and another from WCCO radio were hurt, the Star Tribune said.

Several vehicles were damaged and at least six people were injured, including three journalists covering the incident.

http://www.maynardije.org/columns/dickprince/020819_prince/

[tkmorris]

3. You might want to be careful there

Your post could be taken as a defense of white racists by presenting a similar case of black racism. I'm sure that's not the message you are trying to convey.

[ben_meyers]

4. Now that you mention it I suppose it could be taken that way

Is one any less ugly than the other though.

I happen to remember the incident because I was working as a street supervisor for the MCTO during that time and was on the scene. You might also note that the author of the article I linked to is a fairly well known black journalism professor and critic. You should read some of his work.

http://www.maynardije.org/columns/dickprince/