A tweet from the official Minnesota State Patrol account has been criticized for being wildly inaccurate concerning the arrest of three CNN journalists early Friday morning
A tweet from the official Minnesota State Patrol account has been criticized for being wildly inaccurate concerning the arrest of three CNN journalists early Friday morning. on live TV while covering protests in Minneapolis. The arrests came amid continued protests in Minnesota — and other parts of the country — following the death of George Floyd, a black man killed by a white police officer.
Still, at 5 a.m., the verified MSP account posted: "In the course of clearing the streets and restoring order at Lake Street and Snelling Avenue, four people were arrested by State Patrol troopers, including three members of a CNN crew. The three were released once they were confirmed to be members of the media."
"This is not accurate - our CNN crew identified themselves, on live television, immediately as journalists. We thank Minnesota @GovTimWalz for his swift action this morning to aid in the release of our crew," the official CNN communications account responded. And the Freedom on the Press Foundation pushed back, writing, "Watch the whole video. CNN reporter and camera crew are arrested live on national TV, while doing nothing wrong, being respectful, and asking where they should go. This is after two days of other reporters getting tear gassed and hit by rubber bullets coming from the police."
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