Scott Olson was arrested for not being in the "designated media area"

[phantom power]

You got that, citizen? You can stay in your Free Speech Zone, and/or your Designated Media Area.

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2014/08/oh-beautiful-for-spacious-skies.html

[bananas]

1. Free Press Zone? nt

[el_bryanto]

2. It seems like keeping press in "Designated Press Areas" could lead to corruption

Maybe i'm being paranoid.

Bryant

[TeeYiYi]

5. Nope, you're not paranoid.

That's exactly what happened last night in Ferguson. They tried to get all of the media into their areas and then started arresting everyone that wasn't media.

I watched live video as the events were happening... The police were corralling people who were trying to leave the area. The only people allowed to enter certain areas were people with legitimate media credentials. The rest were turned back and eventually trapped and likely arrested.

I saw a cop rip the press sticker off of Tim Pool from VICE and then begrudgingly allow him to pass. It was bizarre.

From last night:

- 78 people arrested
- 2 people shot
- Shots fired at police
- 6 journalists arrested

TYY

Edited to add: Everything started to go downhill magically at midnight. Funny that, since the curfew had been lifted.

[avebury]

9. They need to get the volume of arrests up

so that they don't fall behind last years number probably.

[Tommymac]

11. They kicked out Amnesty International observrs too.

http://twitter.com/sdkstl/status/501592381473308672/photo/1

[TeeYiYi]

13. I know!...

Amazing. I wonder what possible legal reason they gave for doing that.

TYY

Edited to add photo and link to reports from last night.



http://aattp.org/ferguson-police-removed-amnesty-international-observers-media-from-protest-area-images/

TYY

[Tommymac]

15. Thanks for the pix - I don't know how to insert one.

[Rex]

3. Cops must make sure we understand that they are A #1 Duke of NY!

America has an arrest addiction.

[WinkyDink]

4. Coming soon, but maybe not to your town: "Bill of Rights Designated Areas."

[BrotherIvan]

6. Can a federal agency protect constitutional rights?

If one's constitutional rights are being infringed upon, what can be done at the time? Who is protecting people from the police? I don't understand why the police are allowed to act illegally every night with no repercussions. Isn't there an agency that supersedes them?

[Tommymac]

12. We The People are the highest agency & need to protect ourselves...there is safety in Solidarity.

If enough of us take to the streets, post & observe livestreams, and keep passing on the Truth through blogs and word of mouth We will prevail.

There is a reason they want to end Net Neutrality.

[BrotherIvan]

16. I don't disagree, but at the same time, people are being arrested

terrorized, threatened with shooting and even shot. Government is supposed to protect us and if it doesn't, it is tyranny. The Democratic governor has been less than useless. That community needs help NOW.

[joeybee12]

7. Well, what good is a cover-up if people are going to witness you

engaging in that cover-up?

[NightWatcher]

8. Didn't you hear, the 1st Amendment is only for Corporations and Christians now

[BrotherIvan]

17. ^^This!^^

And the look on his face is priceless.

[Skidmore]

10. Were these FSZs ever tested in court?

This stuff needed to be nipped in the bud when they first started to appear during the Bush years.

[geomon666]

14. Can we say 'Police State' yet?

Anybody still against that term here?