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Fri, Jun 08 2012 11:46:30

Setting the Record Straight on NYPD Journalist Arrests

  1. NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly and spokesman Paul Browne told the Queens Chronicle that only one "actual reporter" was arrested on the November 15 raid on Zuccotti Park. However, last year Mayor Bloomberg's spokeman confirmed five journalists with NYPD press credentials had been arrested. 
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  3. In fact, eleven journalists were arrested by NYPD during the November 15 raid on Zuccotti Park that day. Here are the details of each.

  4. ONE: Julie Walker, NPR
  5. acarvin
    Andy Carvin@acarvin
    NPR freelancer Julie Walker has been released from NYPD custody and was recently in touch with our news room. #OWS
    Tue, Nov 15 2011 04:44:46
  6. jwalkreporter
    Julie Walker@jwalkreporter
    Am still reporting on #OWS for NPR since being released from jail following my arrest. Catch me at the top of the hour. #fb
    Tue, Nov 15 2011 07:36:26
  7. TWO: Jared Malsin, The Local East Village
  8. iiamelii
    amel@iiamelii
    Reporter @jmalsin has been arrested along w/ others, including city council member @ydanis, who is bleeding from the head. #OWS
    Tue, Nov 15 2011 00:15:25
  9. jmalsin
    Jared Malsin@jmalsin
    I'm out of jail. I was seized by police while standing on the sidewalk and filming. Was also moving away from police at the time.
    Tue, Nov 15 2011 07:09:16
  10. THREE: Jennifer Weiss, Agance France Presse
  11. jmalsin
    Jared Malsin@jmalsin
    The AFP photographer/videographer who was arrested alongside me Tuesday morning was @jennifer_weiss cc @jcstearns @MatthewWells @nyclu
    Thu, Nov 17 2011 21:10:30
  12. jennifer_weiss
    Jennifer Weiss@jennifer_weiss
    I kept the camera rolling during my arrest covering #OWS Tuesday bit.ly/w0BBuO @jcstearns #journarrest
    Fri, Nov 18 2011 10:03:15
  13. FOUR: Matthew Lysiak, New York Daily News
  14. nydailynews
    New York Daily News@nydailynews
    Our reporter Matthew Lysiak says that he has been arrested at the 6th Avenue park bit.ly/vl2NpO
    Tue, Nov 15 2011 08:58:46
  15. nydailynews
    New York Daily News@nydailynews
    Alarming video on our live page by arrested reporter @mblysiak, of police pinning #OWS protesters to ground in NYC bit.ly/tJhUNo
    Tue, Nov 15 2011 09:53:32
  16. FIVE and SIX: Karen Matthews and Seth Winig, AP
  17. chadroedemeier
    Chad Roedemeier@chadroedemeier
    AP reporter Karen Matthews and AP photographer Seth Wenig were arrested by #NYPD while covering #Occupy protests.
    Tue, Nov 15 2011 09:31:47
  18. News from The Associated Press
    NEW YORK (AP) -- Journalists at the overnight raid of Occupy Wall Street's New York encampment were kept at a distance from covering it T...
    Ap
  19. SEVEN: Justin Bishop, Vanity Fair
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    Dozens of journalists-including one of Vanity Fair's own-were among those arrested and detained today while covering the migrating Occupy...
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  21. EIGHT and NINE: Patrick Hedlund and Paul Lomax, DNAinfo.com
  22. DNAinfo.com Journalists Arrested While Covering OWS Police Raids - DNAinfo.com
    MANHATTAN - Two journalists for DNAinfo.com were among a number of reporters and photographers arrested Tuesday morning as they tried to ...
    Dnainfo
  23. TEN: Doug Higginbotham, TV New Zealand
  24. Tim Wilson: NYPD arrests my cameraman
    Copyright © 2011, Television New Zealand Limited. Breaking and Daily News, Sport & Weather | TV ONE, TV2 | Ondemand "That's a nice jacket...
    Tvnz
  25. TVNZ cameraman arrested during Occupy protests
    Published: 6:34AM Wednesday November 16, 2011 Source: ONE News/Reuters Copyright © 2011, Television New Zealand Limited. Breaking and Dai...
    Tvnz

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