My friend Gerry has put together a list of all the journalist casualties in Ferguson: The list of journalists threatened, beaten, gassed, shot with wooden bullets and/or arrested was begun by Runa Sandvik of the Freedom of the Press Foundation. Additional research by the Columbus Free Press identified more affected journalists. Although many of the journalists had the support of their publications individually, no American mainstream media outlet took on the issue comprehensively or editorially beyond the support of their own employees or those arrested with them. All told 24 journalists were affected: 18 were arrested; 9 were injured by beatings rubber bullets or gas; 2 were threatened by police with being gunned down outright, 1 was threatened with being maced. Some of those injured were also arrested. Testimony by majority of the journalist claimed they had identified themselves as journalists and were deliberately targeted by police. The 24 journalists were citizens of at least 5 countries: The United States, Turkey, Germany, Canada and the United Kingdom. The citizenship of the 3 journalists from Al-Jazeera America is not clear. In an action reminiscent of the deliberate bombing of one of their journalists during the Iraq war the three were targeted by tear gas grenades while they set up their camera equipment. The police then charged and immediately dismantled the journalists gear after they had fled the chemical weapon attack.
Posted on: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 14:52:12 +0000
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