Posted on 08/20/2014 12:45:09 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Ansgar Graw and Frank Hermann were cuffed and jailed for three hours the day after arriving in the beleaguered suburb of St. Louis. […]
The journalists had wanted to take pictures of a burned out gas station on Florissant Avenue, the street at the center of the week-long protest. […]
“We felt there were no threats, everything is completely peaceful, and we said that we would stay on and take the photos we wanted,” Graw wrote. Then a young police officer says: “Okay, but only if you keep moving. The moment you stay standing, you’ll be arrested. That’s the last warning.”
Graw took the pictures walking around in small circles in an attempt to assuage the officer, but was then cuffed in zip ties anyway. The officer gave his name as Donald Duck. …
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Looks like this is just one side of the story.
I wonder if all these foreign “journalists” have work visas..
Officer Duck was correct. Make one exception and you have to make all.
F--- Duck. He made us look bad to the world (not that I care).
Oh yeah, the DOJ is in town with a ton (40) FBI agents, and some local PD is going to pull this?
One of three things: (1) Staged (as in this is a lie). (2) Incited. (3) Gross stupidity by the cop.
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