Ted Cruz Defends Reporters Arrested In Ferguson

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published AUGUST 14, 2014, 10:22 AM EDT

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Thursday defended reporters arrested while covering the protests in Ferguson, Mo.

"Reporters should never be detained -- a free press is too important -- simply for doing their jobs," he said in a statement on Facebook. Cruz also called for an end of violence in Ferguson.

"Together, we should all mourn the loss of life in Ferguson, Missouri and work to keep our communities safe and free. Police officers risk their lives every day to keep us safe, and any time a young man loses his life in a confrontation with law enforcement, it is tragic," he said.

"Civil liberties must be protected, but violence is not the answer. Once the unrest is brought to an end, we should examine carefully what happened to ensure that justice is served," Cruz concluded.

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[L0oniX]

1. Broken clock ...blah blah blah

[lark]

12. Beat me to it!

[rurallib]

2. Unrest? Maybe peaceful protests, Ted

sounds mostly sane, so I expect the Tea Party will raise hell with him.

[gordianot]

3. Police should know the seriousness of detaining press when the likes of Ted Cruz objects.

As a canary in the cage the canary is not just dead but smoldering, they must be ice skating in hell. What could happen next Fox News is appalled, Louie Gohmert says something rational?

[Delphinus]

16. Ha-ha!

Great points.

[BeyondGeography]

4. Obviously running for President

Sane statements will cost him with his base tho.

[sendero]

5. You don't know the alphabet...

..... but you're still talking

[Fred Sanders]

7. He is a Harvard lawyer. He knows the alphabet..F.A.S.C.I.S.M., he can spell just fine.

[Fred Sanders]

6. Religious zealot say what?

[Tikki]

8. cruz has nothing to worry about making this weak statement...when the officer walks free all will be

forgotten by the cons. He is playing the odds on this one.

Tikki

[bullwinkle428]

9. Baggers will toss Cruz under bus by the end of the day.

[Enrique]

10. he seems to be doing an impersonation

of a sane person.

The question is, why does he suddenly care about not sounding crazy? He never did before.

[Roland99]

11. He's relevant to this discussion how exactly??

attention whore he is.

[silvershadow]

13. Like Palin before him, he heard the siren song of media exposure opportunity. He actually

believes he is someone he isn't. He thinks he is relevant.

[Orsino]

17. This is his 2016 announcement.

A trial balloon, anyway.

[savalez]

14. Weird headline

It really can read both ways:

"Ted Cruz Defends Reporters Arrested In Ferguson"

[kelliekat44]

15. You know it's a bad situation when Cruz speaks out in support of anything close to liberal. nt