Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S. This Year

Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by conductr on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @03:27PM (#25434798)

Is 117 arrests “at scale”? Cause that’s what we’re talking about. Normalize that for riot conditions and it just seems likely a journalist is more likely to get hit by lightening than be arrested. Please don’t do the math on that, elaborating for emphasis.

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by ska on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @04:23PM (#25435445)

Even "as scale" (whatever that means) arrests can't really be meaningful in this context. If the contention is that police are unjustly targeting journalists, arrests are one tool they can unilaterally employee. It would be interesting to see rates of arrest vs. charges files vs. convictions I suppose.

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by r00fus on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @03:39PM (#25434947)

An arrest is merely an attestation, not proof. Police will charge you for anything they want, they don't have to justify it unless you contest it.

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by bjourne on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @02:20AM (#25439942)

Would the same logic apply for unrest in Hong Kong and Belarus? "Ah, it's just the riots causing authorities to arrest journalists, literally nothing to see (or read) here!" :P

Yes, 117 arrests is a lot.

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