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Spider Jerusalem

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9. "arrested for doing something" is a spurious assertion unless backed up.

Reply to treestar (Reply #3)

Tue May 22, 2012, 07:43 PM

May 2012

And being "arrested for doing something" at a protest can include "taking a photo of a police officer". The charges in most of these cases were: obstruction, unlawful assembly, criminal trespass. See here: http://storify.com/jcstearns/tracking-journalist-arrests-during-the-occupy-prot

And I'm sorry, but arresting journalists wearing visible press badges who happen to be covering a protest in progress? Not really defensible, not a sign of a country where freedom of the press is much respected by the police, and mindless jingoism along the lines of "USA! USA! First amendment, motherfuckers!" doesn't change that.

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What restrictions are there? treestar May 2012 #1

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I don't see much validity in their ranking it as "freedom of the press" treestar May 2012 #13

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