Occupy Journalists Stopped, Searched, Handcuffed & Interrogated at Gunpoint

[kpete]

Occupy Journalists Stopped, Searched, Handcuffed & Interrogated at Gunpoint
By: Kevin Gosztola Sunday May 20, 2012 10:18 am

Under cover of the night around twelve police cars stopped five journalists when they were heading back to where they are staying in Chicago during the NATO summit. All five have been covering protests against the NATO summit for the past few days.

The five journalists included Luke Rudkowksi, who streams as @Lukewearechange, Tim Pool, who streams as @Timcast, Jeoff Shively (@Giraffa), Dustin & Jess. They are known for their work livestreaming and tweeting out regular coverage of Occupy protests.

Rudkowski of We Are Change managed to record the Chicago police approaching the journalists in the car. The police have their guns drawn. They shout, “Hands! Hands! Get your hands up!” And then, “Fuckin’ hands!” Then Pool’s voice can be heard saying, “We’re being raided. For folks who are watching, we are being raided by the CPD right now as we speak.”

There is some trouble with the door. The door is locked and the police are knocking on the windows of the car. The door is opened. A police officer can be heard telling one of the journalists, “Put your coffee down so you don’t burn your crotch.”

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MORE:
http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2012/05/20/occupy-journalists-stopped-searched-handcuffed-interrogated-at-gunpoint/

The stop happened about midnight or just after. And, according to Pool’s Twitter stream, the police were still following them on the police scanner around 2 am. They allegedly wanted the targeted journalists to announce where they were staying for the night so they could raid where the journalists were staying

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/05/20/1093232/-Occupy-Journalists-Arrested-and-Interrogated-at-Gunpoint-Video-Included-

[patrice]

1. K&R

[Cleita]

2. I guess you will never catch Gretchen Carlson and Fox et al doing real journalism

along with the possibility of this happening to them. Kudos to those who still do.

[jberryhill]

3. Luke Rudkowsky is a "journalist" now is he?

That's kind of amusing.

But, he does need new folks to steal from...

http://waronyou.com/forums/index.php?topic=15453.0

[dems_rightnow]

4. Journalist

Journalist was in the title of the article to make it appear the the government is suppressing the press. Unless "someone with a camera" is a journalist.

[EFerrari]

6. @timcast and @punkboyinsf are two of the most prominent livestreamers in the movement.

Of course they are journalists.

[bec]

7. Hey they are there and

reporting on what is going on. I would say they are more of journalist than many.

[Comrade_McKenzie]

8. Independent journalism is just as important.

Does freedom of the press only cover corporate journalism?

Do tell.

If the government is not suppressing journalists, then they are suppressing innocent people holding cameras.

[TheKentuckian]

9. What is your definition? Guy with camera, tape recorder, notepad, or a sharp eye might come

into play. Does Wolf Blizter with a microphone qualify? I can barely say yes but only because guy with camera might just work because Wolf is nothing more and probably too often far less.

[jberryhill]

11. A journalist reports on events

Rudkowski is a Ron Paul agitator and conspiracist who provokes them:

http://ron-paul-2012-occupy-the-election.blogspot.com/2012/01/luke-rudkowski-punks-newt-gingrich.html?m=1

[pscot]

5. Thanks for the link

The makes for a really depressing read. The predators inevitably show up to devour the idealists.

[jberryhill]

10. Luke's an old hand

He's not so much an idealist or a predator as a nutjob with an ego and a persecution complex the size of Montana.