Re:Order temporarily blocks Feds from targeting press, legal...
by stronglikedan on Friday July 24, 2020 @10:21AM
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Thanks. I know the CNN crew were definitely arrested for cause, but I hadn't heard about the Australian crew. Although, I'll have to do more research on that one, because the link doesn't really give much context as to why they were confronted in the first place.
Re:Order temporarily blocks Feds from targeting press, legal...
by jessaustin on Friday July 24, 2020 @10:28AM
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What was the cause? They were taking pictures too disruptively?
I can't believe I've been forced to defend CNN...
Re:Order temporarily blocks Feds from targeting press, legal...
by bilbo0s on Friday July 24, 2020 @10:58AM
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I can't believe I've been forced to defend CNN.
I can't believe I'm agreeing with your defense of CNN. We really are living in Bizarro World right now. Some people in the US have gone way too far down the authoritarian path.
Re:Order temporarily blocks Feds from targeting press, legal...
by kyleee on Friday July 24, 2020 @10:53AM
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They were told to move out of that specific area
Re:Order temporarily blocks Feds from targeting press, legal...
by jessaustin on Friday July 24, 2020 @11:06AM
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So what? Unlawful orders are unlawful. The reporter and camera operator were not obstructing anything. They were in a position to observe, which is what the public wants them to do. Police will disagree, but police have lied so much that no one believes them anymore.
Re:Order temporarily blocks Feds from targeting press, legal...
by kyleee on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @03:07PM
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Why is it assumed the order is unlawful?
Re:Order temporarily blocks Feds from targeting press, legal...
by jessaustin on Saturday August 01, 2020 @07:23PM
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I didn't assume anything. I told you why it was unlawful, in the comment directly above.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/29/black-cnn-re...
https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1284526898991828992...