Re: Police State: ABC News Reporter Arrested in Denver

["John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP" <bambenek.infosec () gmail com>]

Now that's change we can believe in. ;)

On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 8:25 PM, Paul Ferguson <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:

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> Via The ABC News "The Blotter" Blog.
>
> [snip]
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> Lawyers for an ABC reporter and civil rights groups are demanding that
> Denver police drop all charges against a reporter who was arrested
> yesterday while trying to shoot video on a public sidewalk outside the
> Brown Palace Hotel in Denver.
>
> Asa Eslocker and a camera crew were attempting to film and talk to
> Democratic senators and VIP donors leaving a private meeting at the hotel
> as part of a nightly news series on the corporate lobbyists and wealthy
> donors at the Democratic National Convention. Police arrested Eslocker and
> charged him with trespassing, failure to follow a lawful order, and
> interference with a police officer.
>
> Eslocker's attorneys said Thursday that their client is "innocent of all
> three crimes."
>
> "He and his news crew were standing on public sidewalks covering an event
> of public significance and performing a press function protected by the
> First Amendment," said a statement issued today by Eslocker's attorneys,
> Daniel Recht and Steven Zansberg.
>
> [snip]
>
> More:
> http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Conventions/story?id=5678763
>
> Also:
> http://www.aclu.org/freespeech/gen/36582prs20080828.html
>
> - - ferg
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