(Video) Reporter Mark Mulholland from NBC NewsChannel 13 and camera man Matt Soriano were threatened with arrest last month by a man who claimed to be a corrections lieutenant, simply for filming in a national park with an empty prison in the background. Mulholland was doing an on on-site story about Grant’s Cottage in Wilton, NY for the 129th anniversary of President Ulysses S. Grant death. The cottage sits on the grounds of a closed prison, which was inadvertently being filmed. This drew the ire of officials who told them to leave the mountain immediately, threatening to seize their footage and denying them access to film on a historic site, an obvious violation of the rights of the press. When Mulholland stated he was filming a historic piece, but the corrections officer in a paranoid accusation stated, No youre not, youre here for other purposes. Why would there be such hostility, paranoia and violation of the First Amendment’s freedom of press over an empty prison? Watch this disturbing video: truthandaction.org/nbc-news-crew-threatened-arrest-filming-empty-prison/
Posted on: Sat, 09 Aug 2014 00:00:01 +0000
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