US Park Police announce two officers have been assigned to "administrative duties" pending...

[demmiblue]

US Park Police announce two officers have been assigned to "administrative duties" pending the outcome of an investigation into an assault on a news crew with Australia's @7NewsAustralia as they were broadcasting live from Lafayette Square in DC when it was cleared out on Monday.

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[irisblue]

1. Aussies got a right to be pissed off

[Thomas Hurt]

2. Are they testifying at the upcoming hearing on police brutality I wonder...

[chia]

3. The result of Trump's relentless "enemy of the people" messaging

[demmiblue]

5. Yep. n/t

[Walleye]

4. Holding a camera to his face, vulnerable, no chance to defend himself

Big brave cops. They hate when their crimes are documented by journalists.

[demmiblue]

6. And notice how the one officer hits the woman journalist with his baton as she is fleeing.

[Walleye]

11. Yeah. I hate these cowards.

[safeinOhio]

7. I've got a new job for them.

Out in the middle of Death Valley National Park.... less AC.

[3Hotdogs]

12. Better yet. Can their asses.

Then federal charges.

[demmiblue]

8. Adding this video that shows their view/Australia's response:

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[The Magistrate]

9. That, Ma'am, Will Teach Them To Just Beat And Arrest AMERICAN Journalists...

The way the Constitution says they should.

[SiliconValley_Dem]

10. trump is losing the image war and going down in flames. fuck trump

we are in 1930's Germany

[tenderfoot]

13. Interesting that an Aussie crew exposed brutality that another Aussie Rupert Murdoch built.

eom

[crickets]

14. Is the "investigation" just the waiting period

until this is supposed to blow over and the two officers get back to business as usual? They're not even on "paid leave" while the investigation is going on? smh