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SouthernCal_Dem

(851 posts)
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 11:57 AM Jun 2020

Australian Prime Minister calls for investigation after reporters violently attacked by U.S. police

Source: Mediaite

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is calling for an investigation after an Australian news crew was apparently assaulted by police as they covered protests outside of the White House Monday evening.

Channel 7 reporter Amelia Brace filmed a segment on the George Floyd protests Monday, that documented D.C. police firing tear gas at the peaceful protesters just as President Donald Trump was about to give his Rose Garden speech. While Brace was reporting that her cameraman got hit by a rubber bullet, her segment suddenly showed police charging at the crowd before one officer lunged at their camera.

The live footage shocked Brace’s colleagues back in the Sunrise news studio, who remarked that “they’re not discriminating between protesters and the media here.” When Brace got back in front of the camera and confirmed the crew was alright, she continued to report on the chaos while saying “you heard us yelling ‘we were media,’ but they don’t care… They were quite violent and they do not care who they’re targeting at the moment.”

The incident happened as police forced protesters to disperse so that Trump could visit St. John’s Episcopal Church for a photo-op.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/news/watch-aussie-news-captures-violent-attack-on-their-reporters-by-u-s-police-prime-minister-calls-for-investigation/

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Australian Prime Minister calls for investigation after reporters violently attacked by U.S. police (Original Post) SouthernCal_Dem Jun 2020 OP
Cannot get much more authoritarian than this! Dustlawyer Jun 2020 #1
They want to scare off media from coverage pandr32 Jun 2020 #2
The police providing the People with the justification for the People's hatred of the police. nt captain jack Jun 2020 #3
Ruh roh. Is he going to nope out of Donny's G7 invite? tanyev Jun 2020 #4
Is this retaliation? duforsure Jun 2020 #5

Dustlawyer

(10,493 posts)
1. Cannot get much more authoritarian than this!
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 12:09 PM
Jun 2020

Where are all of the Republicans so concerned about our FREEDOMS? You would think that Hypocrisy was Constitutionally protected by how prevalent it is in the Republican Party!

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