(US/md) Baltimore Police Invoke Patriot Act to Arrest Reporter Recording False Arrest at Animal Rights Demo

[Guest guest]

I don't know why I'm still surprised when I read these unbelieveable acts of the police against the Constitutional rights of citizens. Always carry a camcorder to every demo if you can. The more people that have evidence, the better.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIO HERE: http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/13/j_adam_patriot_act_arrests_interview.mp3

[DC Indymedia]

After an animal rights protest with graphic images of force fed ducks

calling for the boycott of 'SALT'-an upscale Baltimore restaurant

serving 'foie gras', Baltimore cops handcuff a protester, and arrest a

reporter filming the scene and an eye witness who protested their

action...

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Such an animal rights protest was held Saturday with graphic images of

force fed ducks advocating the boycott of 'SALT'-an upscale Baltimore

restaurant serving foie gras. The police was called and the chef

claimed to be assaulted, protesters scattered, and police set a 10

block radius search area, trying to capture the so-called

perpetrators...

The person described escaped. A.-a protester was scooped in an alley

within the police net and arrested on suspicion of assault. He was

told not to resist arrest as he was handcuffed, and was taken to the

back of the cops vehicle...

Meanwhile, another person filming the arrest in the alley was told by

a cop that under the PATRIOT ACT, it was illegal to film a cop... The

arrested protester told us that "Robin Euler who was filming the scene

in the alley was assaulted by the cops who grabbed her and pushed her

against the brick wall and she hit her head". Euler was arrested and

charged with the usual boggus 'police assault' nowadays slammed on

reporters on duty...

Aaron Ross-another eye witness who questioned the cops actions, was

also arrested and charged with resisting arrest-another favorite

anti-protest charge.

-- full story:

http://dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/144825/index.php