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CNN team arrested by Minnesota police on live television

45 points| Kaibeezy | 5 years ago |edition.cnn.com | reply

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[+] Kaibeezy|5 years ago|reply
1:47 2:40 wow

Reporters arrested while reporting, after having asked about where to position themselves, and while asking for further instructions about how to cooperate with police.

[+] nihil75|5 years ago|reply
Over-militarized police. Put people in armor and combat gear and they immediately slip into the totalitarian oppressor mentality just as demonstrated in the Stanford prison experiment.
[+] techer|5 years ago|reply
And somehow I’m not surprised. Shocked. But not. Some incredible footage.
[+] Kaibeezy|5 years ago|reply
Crystal clear 1st Amendment violation. Feels like the pivotal scene in a documentary about how things fell apart.
[+] jhanschoo|5 years ago|reply
It's interesting that when they arrested the team, the arrest happened after Jimenez showed his card. Then, as Jimenez was being led away, a police officer handed the mike to another of the staff. So at that point it doesn't seem like the officers had any intention to arrest the rest of the crew. Only after did an officer return to arrest the rest of the crew, perhaps after realizing the optics of arresting the sole colored of the crew and the only one who identified clearly as a reporter.
[+] jlgaddis|5 years ago|reply
Importantly, the news crew was released about an hour later (per CNN).
[+] garyrichardson|5 years ago|reply
That's not the point in this specific scenario -- noting this as "importantly" indicates you believe this is no big deal.

People are often arrested and released without charge. It's a tactic to get people out of a situation and sort it out later. I would have expected no less.

Arresting a news crew reporting on an event like this breaks significant norms (and possibly laws?).

[+] progfix|5 years ago|reply
Is it normal to immediately put handcuffs on someone that is arrested when there is no resistance at all?
[+] tzs|5 years ago|reply
Imagine it was not a reporter, but rather someone who allegedly had burgled a house or stolen a car--someone who, unlike the reporter, is not sure that they are going to be released soon probably without being charged. Someone who maybe has prior convictions and might be looking at the wrong end of his state's "repeat offender" laws.

It's pretty obvious you'd handcuff them as soon as you arrested them, because even if they are not resisting or trying to flee now, there is a real risk that they are only not doing so because they don't think the odds are good at that moment, but will do so if the opportunity arises. They might just be waiting for the officers to be distracted, or to be left along with only one officer.

None of that applies to the reporter, of course, but do we want police making that kind of judgement? At the very least it would raise thorny issues about bias in how they choose who to handcuff and who to not handcuff.

[+] pjc50|5 years ago|reply
The entire protest kicked off after putting a knee on the throat of a nonresisting arrestee. Police excessive force is the very subject of discussion.
[+] stronglikedan|5 years ago|reply
Yes. It's normal in a highly volatile situation to put handcuffs on immediately upon detention, even if it won't ultimately result in an arrest.
[+] jlgaddis|5 years ago|reply
Yes, "for your own safety as well as mine", according to the officers.
[+] thecolorblue|5 years ago|reply
This is not surprising. Clearly the police of Minnesota are not well trained and are not in an environment that promotes serving the people.

It is terrible, and should not happen, but until the police culture of Minnesota changes we should expect more of the same.

[+] fouc|5 years ago|reply
Why does police brutality happen at all in the first place? Why do police fail at handling riots? Seems like there needs to be some major changes made.
[+] chrisbennet|5 years ago|reply
Automatically plays video and has audio.
[+] chrisbennet|5 years ago|reply
OK, for the future, can someone explain why warning others about this gets down-voted? Thanks.
[+] hadtodoit|5 years ago|reply
Why is this on HN? It's not remotely tech/culture. I don't want to be a jerk but please keep this stuff on reddit where it belongs.
[+] pjc50|5 years ago|reply
I wonder if people will still be asking this question when the tanks roll into San Francisco.

(Sure, HN's leaky "no politics" rule, but ultimately you can refuse to deal with politics only so long as politics refuses to deal with you. It will be interesting to see what the effect of the Section 230 executive order will be... which also got flagged off HN)

[+] Kaibeezy|5 years ago|reply
Legitimate initial question.

I made sure to mark the precise spots in the video where the key actions occurred.

People here seem to be interested in 1st amendment issues, and this was a startling example happening in realtime.

If you don't agree, flag, or ignore and the group lets it sink, is my understanding of the protocol.

[+] techer|5 years ago|reply
I believe everything is related. You’re right this is breaking news which generally holds no,value.
[+] iso1631|5 years ago|reply
Interested in what they were using. That was a flawless video. If it was a LiveU that implies that general cell service is still working well. If it was an older fashioned setup. I didn't see an SNG or links truck as they spun round at the start.
[+] muskjobs|5 years ago|reply

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[+] hadtodoit|5 years ago|reply
Can't imagine why you're being downvoted I can't think of a single news outlet that doesn't do this.
[+] qq11ww22ee33|5 years ago|reply
Black CNN reporter. The white CNN reporter wasn't arrested.
[+] bobbean|5 years ago|reply
The full video shows all 4 crew members being arrested one at a time. They left the camera rolling on the ground.