Cenk Uygur
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Journalists Charged After Reporting In Ferguson
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August 12, 2015
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5:00Now PlayingTwo reporters, from Huffington Post and The Washington Post, were arrested last year while covering the protests. They were typing on their laptops in a McDonalds when cops ordered them out and roughed them up a bit. The journalists have now been charged with trespassing and interfering with a police officer’s performance. John Iadarola (Think Tank) and Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show Podcast), hosts of the The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"Reporters from The Huffington Post and Washington Post have been charged with trespassing and interfering with a police officer’s performance, a chilling setback for press freedom coming nearly a year after their arrests in Ferguson, Missouri...
Police claimed the journalists, who were covering the unrest that followed the police killing, didn't leave the restaurant fast enough. Reilly described a police officer shoving his head against glass during his arrest, while Lowery said an officer pushed him into a soda machine. Both Lowery and Reilly were quickly released and not charged with any crime at the time.”*
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