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> "First they came for the Socialists..." Yep, and we are already all the way up to "arresting 6 journalists covering public protests against the unpopular rul
by e1g 10y ago
> "First they came for the Socialists..."
Yep, and we are already all the way up to "arresting 6 journalists covering public protests against the unpopular ruler"
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- roastbeef 10y agohow do you know those "journalists" weren't committing a crime? were you there standing beside them? they were arrested for felony rioting, thank Obama for that rule
- trendia 10y agoMy understanding of that event is that protestors were starting fires and the police arrested 230 people near the incident. Of those 6 were journalists. I think that's somewhat different than police targeting journalists for their viewpoints, of which I don't see evidence.
- e1g 10y agoYou're right we are early into that event. It's still not clear how the arrest played out: (a) they were grabbed along with "rioters" and later turned out to be journalists on the side or (b) they were with media badges and video cameras clearly covering the riots on the ground, then still arrested as a sign of force. Sadly journalists get arrested relatively often, but it's important to insist that medics should be aimed at as rarely as possible, despite the heat of the moment.
- egopulsus 10y agoum aren't you missing "or c) they were actively rioting along with hundreds of others"?