{"id":16985,"date":"2020-05-29T14:44:21","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T14:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=16985"},"modified":"2020-05-29T14:44:27","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T14:44:27","slug":"outrage-as-black-cnn-reporter-arrested-by-minnesota-police-while-his-white-colleague-was-left-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=16985","title":{"rendered":"Outrage as black CNN reporter arrested by Minnesota police while his white colleague was left alone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Live footage from CNN showed a black and Latinx reporter, Oscar Jimenez, getting arrested at protests in Minneapolis.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the past two days, protests in Minneapolis over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, have intensified. As a CNN crew was covering the events, state police approached Jimenez who showed them his CNN credentials and told them he was a reporter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jimenez continued to report while waiting for an order to move \u2013 a state police officer then arrested Jimenez, his producer and photojournalist. The camera was still rolling \u2013 held by a police officer \u2013 as the crew were led away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Another CNN reporter, Josh Campbell, was also on the scene. He recounted that he was also approached by police, at which point he showed them his CNN credentials and was allowed to remain where he was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was treated much differently than Jimenez was,\u201d said Campbell to CNN<\/a>. Campbell is white.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Other people pointed out that Jimenez had been arrested, while the police officers alleged to be responsible for Floyd\u2019s death had been fired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Reports from Minneapolis also indicate that there was a police presence outside the home of Derek Chauvin, the police officer identified as pressing his knee into Floyd\u2019s neck, for his protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN\u2019s version of events says that the police told the crew they were being detained because they were told to move, and they weren\u2019t moving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz apologised<\/a> to Jeff Zucker, the president of CNN, and took \u2018full responsibility\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Minneapolis State Patrol released a statement via Twitter, which CNN\u2019s Communications Teams then disputed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Jimenez, his producer Bill Kirkos and photojournalist Leonel Mendez were released an hour later, downtown in the city of Minneapolis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

He reported live from outside the building a few minutes later, and said, “We’re doing OK, now. There were a few uneasy moments there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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