A CNN reporter and his crew were arrested while covering the protests in Minneapolis but a white CNN reporter was questioned and not arrested.
CNN’s Josh Campbell was also on the scene but reported different treatment from law enforcement. “I identified myself … they said, ‘OK, you’re permitted to be in the area,'” said Campbell, who is white. “I was treated much differently than was.” Jimenez is Black and Latino.
Former Philadelphia police commissioner Charles Ramsey, a CNN law enforcement analyst, told the network the arrest was senseless. “State police are going to have a lot to answer for this arrest here,” Ramsey said. “ standing there … you can see his credential. Just move him where you want to be.” Ramsey had a solution for this problem of trying to keep reporters out of the fray and safely able to do their jobs. “They should have a designated area, and just tell them to move to that area.”
CNN political analyst Bakari Sellers indicates that the arrest proves that following an officer’s orders isn’t always enough in avoiding tense encounters with police. “All you have to do is comply; all you have to do is use your nice inside voice, and the police will leave you alone,” he said. “We have a white reporter on the ground, and we have a brown reporter on the ground. They are a block apart.
“We saw a reporter who is educated, who is brown, who is doing his job better than anybody … was in harm’s way, letting the American people see what’s going on, on the ground. He complied. He said he would move. … You almost have to laugh not to just be furious.”
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