NYPD is facing growing condemnation for its treatment of journalists covering Occupy Wall Street marches and encampements in the city.
About half a dozen journalists were arrested during and soon after Tuesday’s massive police operation against the protest tent camp in Zuccotti Park. In this video, a freelance video journalist working for AFPTV captures her own arrest on camera near Zuccotti Park, despite her clearly indicating that she is a working member of the media.
“Somebody lock her up!,” the officer shouts, ignoring her increasingly anxious cries of, “I’m with the press!”