(c) 2008 Associated Press
(Photo by Matt Rourke)
by Barbara Fought
Because police arrested reporters covering protests at the Republican National Convention last summer, a journalism organization is offering a hotline and help to any reporters who might be swept up in any large-scale arrests of protestors next week at the inauguration.
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press offers a tip sheet for reporters and will have attorneys standing by to help them.
Police arrest protestors at Republican National Convention in September, 2008
by Barbara Fought
Because police arrested reporters covering protests at the Republican National Convention last summer, a journalism organization is offering a hotline and help to any reporters who might be swept up in any large-scale arrests of protestors next week at the inauguration.
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press offers a tip sheet for reporters and will have attorneys standing by to help them.
- What would you do if you got swept up in a big police action during a demonstration and police asked you to give up your camera, disc or notebook? Do you know what the law requires?
- What if you're not arrested, but you have pictures or video that would help identify persons who threw rocks or committed other criminal offenses. Would you give your recording or disc to the police?
- Is Feiner still good law today -- what is the line between lawful protest and endangering the public or inciting a riot?
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