Today at the Capitol, as police arrested enviro demonstrators refusing to leave an intersection, an officer put an arrest wristband on credentialed video-journalist @KarlaCotePhoto and arrested her as they would a protester.
Other press - like myself - were not treated this way.
Other press - like myself - were not treated this way.
Like most of the activists, arrested journalist @KarlaCotePhoto was let go by USCP with a citation on site, with an order to appear and pay a fine tomorrow.
She was wearing 2 press passes (NYPD and @NPPA) and carried two cameras when arrested.
CC: @pressfreedom @uspresstracker
She was wearing 2 press passes (NYPD and @NPPA) and carried two cameras when arrested.
CC: @pressfreedom @uspresstracker
Four minutes *after* arresting journalist @KarlaCotePhoto, @CapitolPolice warned that they would consider press to be part of the protest and arrest them if they didn't leave the activist-occupied intersection.
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