Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Samantha Melamed: "I'm a reporter. I'm a reporter..."

[Leghorn21]

I'm a reporter.
I'm a reporter.
I'm a reporter.
I'm a reporter.
I'm a reporter.
I'm a reporter.

Six times @samanthamelamed told these police officers that she is a reporter. They arrested her anyway. The Philadelphia Police Department is out of control.



So here is the video before I got detained...

Link to tweet

[johnp3907]

1. They didn't arrest her "anyway."

They arrested her “because.”

[gratuitous]

2. Why do we lie to ourselves?

So many times I hear that we need to thank our men and women in uniform for fighting for our freedom and rights. But really, most of the times when a person's rights are violated, it's people in uniform doing it.

[Hortensis]

3. Very far from "most." But the uniform doesn't mean it's not a crime.

THEY serve US. We've been extremely negligent in requiring them to toe that line. Yeah, too often, what line?

[gratuitous]

4. Are there other non-uniformed people arresting reporters?

I am unaware of that.