Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Harassment of journalists covering Occupy movement

Citizen journalist with video camera tapes himself apparently getting shot by police rubber bullet while covering a seemingly peaceful lull Occupy Oakland (CA).

At Occupy Nashville, a reporter for the long-established weekly Nashville Scene was arrested for violating a curfew imposed by Tennessee's governor (a night judge questioned whether that's legal), was threatened with a "resisting arrest" charge, and was later charged with "public intoxication." Here's a report on the arrest from Nashville's big daily.

More than 60 mainstream and independent journalists have been arrested while covering Occupy protests in the U.S. -- as tracked by Josh Stearns of the media reform group Free Press.

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