Watch the full CNN video. The cops asked the crew to move back. The crew agreed but didn't. Then someone spoke into the CNN team's ear pieces, the camera turned back to Omar & he began to broadcast w/out moving back. After 30 secs the cops arrested him.

CNN staged this. https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/1266318219712872448
Alyson Camerato goes on to say the camera crew was standing where they were told to stand. That's factually incorrect. Omar acknowledged on air they were told to move back. They were arrested for being told to move & not doing so.

(Cops should have probably just moved them.)
Just to be clear, and this is for everyone, black, white, hispanic, kids, adults, martians and CNN: when the police ask you to do something, do it. Its not really that difficult to understand.
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