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Police arrest CNN’s Omar Jimenez, broadcasting live while covering protests related to the death of George Floyd, in Minneapolis, on May 29, 2020, in this still image taken from video.On Monday at 5 p.m., the channels MTV, Comedy Central, CMT and other ViacomCBS-owned platforms in the U.S. went entirely dark for 8 minutes and 46 seconds to honour George Floyd and Black Lives Matter. That was how long Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd’s neck.
On Saturday night, while MSNBC was covering protests and rioting in multiple cities, two talking heads were announced as appearing soon. Both were experts on policing and the handling of mass protest. On the air, one spoke for a few seconds before he was cut off. The anchor wanted to cut away to a reporter on the ground in Washington.
The arrest last week on live TV of CNN’s Omar Jimenez was a crucial moment in this uprising. On live TV, the suppression of a free press was there for all to see. For the most part, the police in the U.S. loathe the TV media.
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