Government thug attacks news cameraman
Posted on May 31st, 2008 by bile Categories and Tags: Uncategorized, Albuquerque police, assault, crime, fascism, freedom, injustice, John Walsh, liberty, media staging area, New Mexico, police, police state, your money, your rightsViewers respond to KOB photographer arrest
Eyewitness News 4 has received hundreds of comments since airing footage Thursday of a KOB photographer getting arrested while covering a story.
The photographer was handcuffed and cited for disobeying a police officer. He was released about 90 minutes later.
He was videotaping an early morning crime scene where a driver had exchanged gunfire with police officers in Albuquerque.
The photographer says he was asked to leave the scene and go to a media staging area. However, he says officers did not tell him where that area was located.
More than 600 comments from around the country were posted on the KOB.com forum in response to the arrest footage.
One viewer wrote, “Cops just got shot at and this reporter wants to argue for this officer’s name and badge number?”
Another viewer had a different view, saying “This is a no-brainer. What the cop did was against the law, period. APD needs to take responsibility.”
Albuquerque police spokesman John Walsh says an independent review officer will look at footage of the incident.
And I’m sure they will… and chuckle.
