A CNN television crew was arrested and detained briefly by Minnesota state patrol officers early Friday morning while covering a protest in Minneapolis sparked by the death of George Floyd
, a black man who died after a white officer pinned him to the ground with a knee on his neck in an incident captured on video.
CNN correspondent Omar Jimenez was released later Friday morning, along with a producer and camera operator who were detained with him. Their release came after a phone conversation between Jeff Zucker, chairman...
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