CNN reporter Omar Jimenez, who is black and Latino, and his team were arrested by officers early this morning in Minneapolis. Not far away, CNN journalist Josh Campbell, who is white, says he was 'treated much differently.'
CNN reporter Omar Jimenez. CNNHere is how the situation unfolded:. local time, CNN correspondent Omar Jimenez was reporting live on an arrest happening in the area near a city police department precinct that protesters had burned and officers had abandoned overnight.
Shortly after his crew captured the arrest on camera, the police officers moved towards Jimenez and his crew, asking them to move.
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