Guardian Reporter: Just saw two reporters in ferguson cuffed and put in cop van. Now released
Last edited Wed Aug 13, 2014, 10:23 PM - Edit history (10)
Two reporters just cuffed and put in cop can outside Ferguson McDonald's where @WesleyLowery said he and @ryanjreilly were working
https://twitter.com/jonswaine/status/499706502290997248
Ryan J. Reilly
SWAT just invade McDonald's where I'm working/recharging. Asked for ID when I took photo.
https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/499705415106830336
Jon Swaine for Guardian
Tried to get closer to confirm identities of reporters being arrested. Was marched at by cops in riot gear and threatened with arrest
Robert Cruickshank
Senior Campaign Manager at @DFAaction.
https://twitter.com/cruickshank
And now #Ferguson cops are arresting random reporters. They've killed the First Amendment in that city (and a young man, Michael Brown).
Question is where MO Governor and President Obama are as #Ferguson police shred constitution before our very eyes
Going to try and keep updating this thread. This is the latest about the reporters
Matt Pearce from the LA Times
I just called Ferguson police chief to ask about @WesleyLowery and @ryanjreilly, told him what I knew. His response: "Oh, God."
Ferguson chief tells me he was looking into the @WesleyLowery and @ryanjreilly situation; they had both interviewed him earlier today.
To clarify: The "oh, God" was delivered in a tone of shock.
https://twitter.com/mattdpearce
Well, @WesleyLowery and I have been released. That was an experience.
https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly
MUST HEAR THIS ACCOUNT OF THEIR ARREST
All In With Chris Hayes.
Huffington Post Reporter Ryan Reilly tells Chris Hayes the harrowing account of his arrest while covering protests in Ferguson, Missouri. Video
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in-with-chris-hayes/watch/reporter-arrested-in-ferguson-speaks-to-all-in-317937219611
Huffington Post Reporter Arrested In Ferguson
(snip)
SWAT officers roughed up the reporters inside a McDonald's, where both journalists were working. Reilly snapped a photo, prompting cops to request his identification.
"The officer in question, who I repeatedly later asked for his name, grabbed my things and shoved them into my bag," said Reilly, who appeared on MSNBC's "All In with Chris Hayes" shortly after his release to recount the arrest. "He used his finger to put a pressure point on my neck."
"They essentially acted as a military force. It was incredible," Reilly said. "The worst part was he slammed my head against the glass purposefully on the way out of McDonald's and then sarcastically apologized for it."
Reilly said it will be difficult to hold the officer "accountable for his actions," as the officer did not respond to Reilly's repeated requests for his name or other identification. He said he can't be "100 percent sure" whether the officer was aware that he's a reporter, "but that really shouldn't matter in this equation."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/13/huffington-post-reporter-arrested-ferguson_n_5676829.html
https://twitter.com/HayesBrown/status/499740879050248193/photo/1
Another Journalist from HuffPo
Conetta @BmoreConetta
https://twitter.com/BmoreConetta
Just got hit with tear gas, hard to see or breathe. #ferguson
9:44 PM - 13 Aug 2014
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country right now 
A few of the cops and their weapons pushing residents out of #Ferguson right now
https://twitter.com/jonswaine
Twitter is all over this
This is insane
"We don't like you." arrested/shot
But don't worry everyone, this isn't a police state. 
Can you say, "Pink Slip"?
No,...not that kind.
