#BREAKING: After interviewing @PeteButtigieg supporters outside without issue, 1 of his staffers came up to my cameraman (an African American male) and ripped off his press credential saying “I don’t think you’re supposed to have credentials.”
Video on this to come! Tune in at YouTube.com/StatusCoup
We just left event on our own volition after being harrassed outside & inside. When you watch interviews we did with @PeteButtigieg supporters, they were pleasant and respectful. Toughest question I asked was what’s Pete’s top accomplishment in South Bend that draws you to him?
Pete Buttigieg owes my cameraman Jamal Jones an apology—his staffer put his hands on him and removed his press badge without saying a word to him. IMPORTANT: we had media credentials for the event and checked in at press desk.
For those who don’t know: after I went to South Bend for @StatusCoup and exposed that Pete’s SB police officers imitated KKK members while arresting a black man (and he stayed silent on it as his police chief lied about it)—they took us off his press list. medium.com/status-coup/ex…
We got in today only bc a fellow journalist forwarded me his campaign emails where we could apply (that they stopped sending us). In 5 years of reporting in-the -field, not once have I had campaign staff follow me inside and outside NOR touch me or my cameraman. This is NOT how..
You treat the press...especially press that dares to do aggressive coverage of you. We will be live shortly on @StatusCoup with more. If @PeteButtigieg wants to clear this up, I’m ready to do an interview as soon as he apologizes to Jamal.
Our on-the-ground reporting in South Bend, Indiana on Mayor @PeteButtigieg's demolition of "1,000 homes in 1,000 days" in Black and brown areas of the city is part of why we were kicked off of the Pete campaign press list:
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