CNN reporter Omar Jimenez and his crew have been released from police custody after they were arrested for covering the Minneapolis protest on the murder of George Floyd. The reporter and his crew were arrested by the police during the live broadcast.
Jimenez, sporting a virus protective mask, is being questioned by his anchors Alisyn Camerota and John Berman in front of a group of riot police as they move to arrest a nearby person. State patrol then approached the presenter and his crew, and Omar Jimenez can be heard telling the officers that his crew can move “where they would like,” to get out of their way in a cooperative and non-confrontational manner.
The officers after hearing Jimenez’s comments, surrounded the crew as Jimenez continues to report live on air, before he is told that he is under arrest and placed in handcuffs. Jimenez on realizing he was being arrested live on air, looked at the camera, let himself be handcuffed as he is walked away. After a moment, the crew are also placed into handcuffs.
“That is an American television reporter being led away by police officers. He clearly identified himself as a reporter and was respectfully explaining to the police that the CNN team was there and moving away as they would request, and then for some reason he was taken into police custody live on television, added the anchor off screen.
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