Slog - Comments on Camera Shy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/journalists_detained_in_minneapolisjust This photo is an detainable offense: Attorney Gena Berglund. A Minneapolis-based attorney has asked Hennepin County district judge Mark Wenick to sign an emergency injunction to stop police from seizing video cameras and other recording equipment from journalists during the Republican National Convention. Attorney Gena Berglund, of the National Lawyers Guild, says Judge Wernick claims to be "too busy with probable-cause hearings" to sign the injunction. Police have been seizing video cameras and other recording equipment from video bloggers throughout the summer—seven affidavits of different instances—and in the past few days. Just yesterday, say Bergland and a lefty organizer... Copyright 2008 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:03:50 -0800 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:15:35 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Gordon Werner I confused ... you'd expected something different from the Republican Party?

]]> Gordon Werner http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/journalists_detained_in_minneapolisjust#c1118054 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/journalists_detained_in_minneapolisjust#c1118054 2008 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:04:52 -0800 Comment by chino And the US has the gall to complain about China's freedom of press

]]> chino http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/journalists_detained_in_minneapolisjust#c1118068 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/journalists_detained_in_minneapolisjust#c1118068 2008 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:47:14 -0800 Comment by sme They were doing this all over Denver as well, so it's not just the Republicans.

And, y'know- This Is Why We Protest, People.

Just because the press is being subjected to this kind of treatment does not make it new.
If you've ever been actively involved with a protest, you've either witnessed or experienced surly officers confiscating photo and video cameras, and those with them arrested.

Welcome to the world.

]]> sme http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/journalists_detained_in_minneapolisjust#c1118074 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/journalists_detained_in_minneapolisjust#c1118074 2008 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:52:43 -0800 Comment by kinaidos Maybe the internet should fight back and launch a huge DOS war against the convention and the city.

]]> kinaidos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/journalists_detained_in_minneapolisjust#c1118083 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/journalists_detained_in_minneapolisjust#c1118083 2008 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:12:41 -0800 Comment by former editor welcome to the death of the first amendment.

]]> former editor http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/journalists_detained_in_minneapolisjust#c1118092 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/journalists_detained_in_minneapolisjust#c1118092 2008 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:45:08 -0800 Comment by unwelcomed Um, it's I-Witness, not EyeWitness. Sounds like they also hit the local police misconduct activists (Communities Against Police Brutality) as well.

]]> unwelcomed http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/journalists_detained_in_minneapolisjust#c1118138 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/journalists_detained_in_minneapolisjust#c1118138 2008 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:01:39 -0800 Comment by Dan warmonger Savage A war economy supported by assholes like Dan Savage results in repression-who woulda thunk?

]]> Dan warmonger Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/journalists_detained_in_minneapolisjust#c1118143 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/journalists_detained_in_minneapolisjust#c1118143 2008 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:15:35 -0800