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OUR LATEST DATA: 192 total press freedom violations —31+ arrests —131 assaults (108 by police, 23 by others) —30 equipment or newsroom damage. Assault cate

by xedeon 6y ago

OUR LATEST DATA: 192 total press freedom violations —31+ arrests —131 assaults (108 by police, 23 by others) —30 equipment or newsroom damage. Assault category breakdown: 45 physical attacks (30 by police) 30 tear gassings 17 pepper sprayings 46 rubber bullet/projectiles https://twitter.com/uspresstracker/status/1267878024365723650?s=20 https://twitter.com/uspresstracker/status/126787802436572365...

lostmsu 6y ago
Nothing here shows intent to apprehend specifically journalists. Wikipedia shows >5,000 arrests overall: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd_protests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd_protests. Which I bet means journalists were arrested way less, than an average protesting folk.
- bigfudge 6y ago
  Are you suggesting > .6% (31/5000) of the protesters were journalists? That seems implausible.
  - lostmsu 6y ago
    I've been to quite a few (admittedly smaller) protests, where the ratio was 1:2. So yes, 0.6% sounds like a small number.