CNN correspondent Omar Jimenez and his camera crew have been arrested during a live broadcast from the protests in Minneapolis. Footage quickly emerged online, and many of Jimenez’s colleagues took…
Footage quickly emerged online, and many of Jimenez’s colleagues took to twitter in outcry over the incident .
In the footage, Jimenez, sporting a virus protective mask, is being quizzed by his anchor in front of a group of riot police as they move to arrest a nearby person. State patrol then approach the presenter and his crew, and Jimenez can be heard telling the officers that the four-strong unit can move “to where they would like” and get out of their way in a cooperative and non-confrontational manner.
“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.
“I have never seen anything like this,” the anchor adds on several occasions. The camera continued to roll after the incident, placed on the floor at the feet of the officers.My colleague— Jim Sciutto
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