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Re:CNN reporter arrested live on air while covering Minneapo... by fiblye on Friday May 29, 2020 @10:34AM (#23350366)
I'm not sure what your point is. Is it that it's okay to arrest them if they're not live? (Not attacking you--just hard to understand intention through text)

It really seems like their intention was to cook up charges, then realized they screwed the pooch and pretended it's all okay because now they're free. It's not. The intimidation has lasting effects and they know it.

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Re:CNN reporter arrested live on air while covering Minneapo... by throwaway894345 on Friday May 29, 2020 @10:49AM (#23350545)
> I'm not sure what your point is. Is it that it's okay to arrest them if they're not live?

The point is that it's not even in the officers' own self-interest.

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Re:CNN reporter arrested live on air while covering Minneapo... by take_a_breath on Friday May 29, 2020 @10:54AM (#23350611)
Neither is pushing your knee so hard into someone's neck that they choke to death. It still happened.
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Re:CNN reporter arrested live on air while covering Minneapo... by throwaway894345 on Friday May 29, 2020 @11:01AM (#23350714)
Why are you responding to me like I expressed some opinion that you disagree with? I was just providing clarifying context.
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