The national correspondent of CNN Jason Carroll, who has been reports of turmoil in Los Angeles over the past few days, has found that it was part of the story tonight when he was arrested and interrogated for a short period in Los Angeles.
During a live shot, Carroll heard telling the police in his name and then saw that he was walking and hand behind his back.
Then a police officer is heard, “We allow you to leave. You cannot return. If you go back, you will be arrested.”
Carroll hears to say, “Well.”
You can see the scene below.
CNN later stated that while Carroll was released, two camera members were arrested.
Carroll described the scene to Laura Cots again in the studio: “I was walking to the officer, I tried to explain who I was, and who I was with him.
Carroll is not the first member of the press that took place between the police and the demonstrators. On Sunday, Lauren Tomassi, the American correspondent of 9News in Australia, looked shot with a rubber bullet while reporting immigration protests. Nick Stern, a British news photographer, is said to need emergency surgery during the weekend after he was injured in the leg during the clashes.
A coalition of 27 groups advocacy of journalism and civil freedoms wrote to US Secretary of Internal Security Christie Naim today “to express a warning that federal officers have violated the rights of the first amendment of journalists who cover modern protests and unrest in the enforcement of immigration in the Los Angeles region.”
The coalition, led by the Los Angeles club, wrote the first amendment alliance and freedom of the Press Foundation, that “the press plays a fundamental role in our democracy as notables and ears of the public. Timely reporting about urgent news is necessary to provide the public with full information, especially about the controversial events.
“A number of reports indicate that federal officers randomly used the force or munitions that were published such as tear gas or pepper balls that caused major injuries to reporters. In some cases, it appears that federal officers were deliberately targeting those who did nothing more than their job in covering the news.”
La Press club referred to at least 24 “documented” cases of journalists who are targeting by the law during the coverage of the protests in Los Angeles between 6 and 8 June, and the number of many media workers by the police with less deadly munitions.
Among these journalists were Ryan Mina of the Southern California group, independent journalists Anthony Kabasa and Shan Beckenner Karmayl, Ben Kamacho Sawathland, British photography Nick Stern, and La Taco's Lexis Olivier-ray.
The city's news service contributed to this report.
