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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCNN Commentator Arrested
Keith Boykin
@keithboykin
@CNN commentator. New York Times bestselling author. Dartmouth. Harvard Law. Columbia IRAAS. Former White House aide.
So heres what happened today. The NYPD arrested me at 96th Street and West Side Highway while I was taking photos and video to post to Twitter. I told the police I was with the Press, they walked by me and then turned around and arrested me.
The police locked me in tight zip ties that bruised my wrists. They held me in a van for an hour. Then a hot police bus for an hour. Then they took me
to 1 Police Plaza and held me in a jail cell with about 35 others with no social distancing and many of the others unmasked.
The police took my photo but they never read me my Miranda rights and never charged me with any serious crime. After 6 hours in police custody, they finally let me out of jail with a summons to appear in court.
The police have way too much power.
Just read the summons. I was charged with walking on the highway and disorderly conduct - blocking vehicular traffic.
Mind you, I didnt block any traffic. The road was already obstructed by the police and the protesters. All I did was record it.
The police locked me in tight zip ties that bruised my wrists. They held me in a van for an hour. Then a hot police bus for an hour. Then they took me
to 1 Police Plaza and held me in a jail cell with about 35 others with no social distancing and many of the others unmasked.
The police took my photo but they never read me my Miranda rights and never charged me with any serious crime. After 6 hours in police custody, they finally let me out of jail with a summons to appear in court.
The police have way too much power.
Just read the summons. I was charged with walking on the highway and disorderly conduct - blocking vehicular traffic.
Mind you, I didnt block any traffic. The road was already obstructed by the police and the protesters. All I did was record it.
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CNN Commentator Arrested (Original Post)
.99center
May 2020
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captain queeg
(10,188 posts)1. The Waco Kid: are we...black?
2naSalit
(86,594 posts)7. ...
He is. Imagine that.
uponit7771
(90,336 posts)2. They'll be hundreds of accounts of police going after the press
DENVERPOPS
(8,820 posts)8. Of course there will........
AND especially the "RUDE" ones, the "You're Nasty Ones", any that Trump considers Fake News.
CNN should have known they would have been targeted, and CBS....who else......
malaise
(268,982 posts)9. The Con told them to go after the press
It is the said press who have given this monster legitimacy - sometimes you reap what you sow
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)3. K & R for exposure.
betsuni
(25,506 posts)4. K&R
SleeplessinSoCal
(9,112 posts)5. distilled to our essence.
That is what I keep observing about the pandemic.
2naSalit
(86,594 posts)6. K&R