{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "I Told Riot Cops I\u2019m a Journalist. They Forced Me to the Ground and Pepper-Sprayed Me in the Face.", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/685656936577892352/", "html": "I Told Riot Cops I\u2019m a Journalist. They Forced Me to the Ground and Pepper-Sprayed Me in the Face.\n

kaziusklasterzoroaster:

kontextmaschine:

tanadrin:

a\u2014ka-l-t\u2014yn:

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tanadrin:

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argumate:

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bubobubosibericus:

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argumate:

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it continues to amaze me how often Americans have to literally get on their knees in front of police

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That\u2019s even worse than I thought it was.

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somehow \u201cI\u2019m here to film you brutalising innocent civilians\u201d isn\u2019t the get out of brutalisation free card that some journalists thought it was.

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This is the most amazing thing to me. Like, are there journalists who really think the legalisms that are being run over roughshod when it comes to protesters will be magically respected because they hold up a press badge? It\u2019s not like being a Respectable Citizen is a force field protecting anybody else right now.

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I think it\u2019s that they expect a level of rational self interest from police. Attacking a journalist is a much stupider thing to do from a purely selfish cost benefit analysis, because they\u2019re the people who can spread it the most, so you are more likely to face punishment.

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I think the likelihood of any cop facing punishment for anything that happens at these protests is very, very low, and I think they know that. And the reports should, but maybe I\u2019m just jaded.

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I\u2019m just amused by the journalist at a riot in a scrum as police lines engage going \u201cI\u2019m special, I\u2019m the protagonist, Vice publishes me!\u201d and expecting the police to stop, listen, and nod like \u201cwell, then\u201d.

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I hate cops and I hate journalists, so I don\u2019t know who to root for here. But yes, that is precisely how a journalist thinks things will go.\u00a0

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Yeah, with Portland ‘20 it combined with “everyone who Posts considers themselves a journalist”

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