Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Chicago cop tells reporters: ‘Your First Amendment right can be terminated’


An angry Chicago police officer tells reporters to move away from a hospital, shortly before arresting two of them. Screenshot via NBC Chicago.
Topics: If one Chicago police officer is to be believed, American citizens can lose their most fundamental rights simply by standing near an irritable cop.
That’s what two members of the press found out on Sunday, when an angry police officer told them they would be arrested if they did not stop filming in front of the Mt. Sinai Hospital. They were attempting to cover a tragic story of a little girl who was shot and killed over the weekend.
Security guards at the hospital reportedly called police and claimed that a reporter had tried to push past them and get into the hospital. When police showed up, reporters with NBC Chicago claim they respected their request to move across the street and into a median, away from the public sidewalk in front of the facility.

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