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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,919 posts)
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 08:50 PM Jun 2020

Australia will investigate attack on journalists by police in Washington

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called for an investigation after two of the country's journalists were attacked by police in Washington DC on Monday.

During a live morning newscast on the program "Sunrise" on Tuesday in Australia, police were seen using their shields to clear Channel 7 News US correspondent Amelia Brace and photojournalist Tim Myers from the scene. The Australian outlet is a CNN affiliate.

The video shows police hitting Myers and punching his camera. Another officer then directs the pair, who were trapped against a wall, to move on, before appearing to smack Brace in the back with a baton.

Marise Payne, the country's foreign minister, said that Morrison had "contacted the Australian Embassy in Washington DC on Tuesday instructing them to investigate the troubling incident and provide further advice on registering the Australian government's concern."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/australia-will-investigate-attack-on-journalists-by-police-in-washington/ar-BB14Vl1M?ocid=msn360

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Australia will investigate attack on journalists by police in Washington (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2020 OP
The Australian journalists thought they were in a free, first world country... SouthernCal_Dem Jun 2020 #1
Presumably they knew that an Austrailian citizen was killed by police in Minneapolis in 2017. PoliticAverse Jun 2020 #2
K&R! SheltieLover Jun 2020 #3
Good on ya, Australia! Cha Jun 2020 #4

SouthernCal_Dem

(852 posts)
1. The Australian journalists thought they were in a free, first world country...
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 08:53 PM
Jun 2020

Unfortunately they were sorely mistaken.

The United States of America is anything but.

Hope the journalists will be OK.

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