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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 08:09 AM Mar 2016

Yet another example of the Trump campaign's crackdown on the media.

Journalist ejected from Trump rally for, well, being a journalist.
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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-michael-mayo-reporter-kicked-out-trump-rally-20160314-story.html

Mayo: My choice at Trump rally - Leave or go to jail


Like thousands of others, I attended the Donald Trump rally in West Boca on Sunday night. Like many others, I procured a general admission ticket after registering online. Like many others, I used my smartphone to take photos, videos and post on social media during the event, held at a county park.

Unlike nearly all the others, I was confronted with a stark choice by a Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputy at 8:40 p.m., while Trump was still speaking: Leaving immediately or "going to jail."

I left.

"Tell him we're trespassing him," a Trump campaign official told the deputy.

The campaign official told me his name was Justin. He would not give me his full name or tell me his position, even though I identified myself and gave him my business card.

"Just Justin," he told me a minute earlier, when he approached me and objected to me taking video of people leaving the rally early, while Trump was still on stage.

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Yet another example of the Trump campaign's crackdown on the media. (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2016 OP
Were trespassing him --? underpants Mar 2016 #1
Wow. Lucinda Mar 2016 #2
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