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College Press Reporters Have Same First Amendment Rights As Working Professionals
Atlanta Police Department arrests Georgia State, Kennesaw State journalists during weekend Occupy Atlanta standoff
by Frank D. LoMonte The Student Press Law Center, a nonprofit advocate for the First Amendment rights of the student media, asked Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed on Monday to investigate the treatment of two college journalists arrested during a weekend roundup at the site of the “Occupy Atlanta” demonstrations and to drop all criminal charges against the journalists. On the evening of Nov. 5, Atlanta Police Department officers arrested college journalists Alisen Redmond of The Sentinel at Kennesaw State University and Judith Kim of The Signal at Georgia State University as they were covering “Occupy” protests near downtown Atlanta’s Woodruff Park. The two spent about 14 hours in jail each and were issued citations for the offense of “obstruction…
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12:43 pm on Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Many jounalist have been arrested or ticketed while on assignment at Occupy Movement. One person is trying to track and also provides links for legal resources. I asked them to add the SPLC site. http://storify.com/jcstearns/tracking-journalist-arrests-during-the-occupy-prot more ›