12-13-2011, 02:01 PM
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Keeneland
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Tracking journalists arrested during Occupy
http://storify.com/jcstearns/trackin...he-occupy-prot
Quote:
Video Shows LAPD Gave Inaccurate Account of Local Reporter's Arrest During Occupy LA Raid
A journalist with City News Service was among the nearly 300 people arrested in the wee hours of November 30, when the Los Angeles Police Department raided the Occupy LA encampment at City Hall.
Now video showing the arrest as it happened seems to contradict the LAPD's version of what went down, and an internal affairs investigation has been launched.
The arrest was revealed by LA Weekly, who refer to the journalist in question, Calvin Milam, as a female. The report in the Weekly also indicates the LAPD's Cpt. Andy Smith claimed Milam "did not appear to be working, might have been drunk, and was allegedly 'belligerent' when police clearing out the City Hall encampment confronted him and told him to leave."
However, as The City Maven reports, video posted to The Occupied Venice Journal shows the arrest, and counters what Smith said on record about Milam prior to his take down by the LAPD. Here's what is in the video:
http://laist.com/2011/12/13/lapd_inv...f_local_re.php
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