NATO Summit: Journalists Arrested, Injured Covering Protests (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

[limpyhobbler]

Several journalists were arrested and injured while covering the protests against the NATO summit in Chicago on Saturday and Sunday.

As thousands of anti-NATO protesters met thousands of police officers in the streets, photographers found themselves repeated targets of the CPD.

On Sunday, Getty photographer Scott Olson was bloodied after being hit with a police baton. A picture of Olson with blood streaming from his head rocketed around the Internet. The National Press Photographers Association also highlighted the arrest of Joshua Lott, a freelance photographer with Getty.

Tracey Pollock, a photographer with the Minnesota-based outfit The UpTake, posted video on Saturday that showed police waving their bicycles around to keep protesters back. At the end of the video, a police officer appears to shove Pollock's camera out of control. A report on the site said that the officer proceeded to push her over some bicycles, and that she was bruised as a result.
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complete piece and video: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/21/nato-summit-journalists-arrested-injured-protests_n_1533618.html?ref=media

[Earth_First]

1. Careful, friend...

There are folks here who believe that these folks got what they deserved.