This is additional proof that our democracy is in the decline. When the press is arrested, and it is done frequently, covering a police investigation and not interfering in that investigation by remaining an appropriate distance away, has a chilling effect of covering important stories. A photog does not know what they have come across until they can obtain info from the police department's public affairs officer. But they have a right to record what is visible from a safe distance away. The officer in this video was clearly violating this photos constitutional right of a free and open press, to include video.
I will guess that nothing will be done by the department and a law suit is the only way to teach some of these officers that the press has a right to oversee what they do.
LiveLeak.com - Cops Arrests Cameraman at Crime Scene
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