So the story tonight in Minneapolis, (perhaps because I follow many journalists) is media getting shot with rubber bullets, gassed, and arrested as they get between protesters and police.
(Many media were terrified of the mayhem without police presence the last two nights).
Law enforcement seem to not understand protocol around ignoring media. Media seem to be confident that they can go wherever they want because of their press credentials. I think there is legitimate confusion going on here on both sides.
Last night (Friday night), media feeling unsettled because of the chaos. And this does not include all of the videos of cars going fast through crowds and fires.
https://twitter.com/ByLizSawyer/status/1266592296386154496,
https://twitter.com/ChaoStrib/status/1266593077680013314,
https://twitter.com/SophNar0747/status/1266583209653014530, https://twitter.com/bengarvin/status/1266584345608888322
Media getting hit by rubber bullets and gas and pepper spray on previous nights.
https://twitter.com/AndrewMannix/status/1265459440830107651,
https://twitter.com/madeleinebaran/status/1266610933071138816,
https://twitter.com/sfreemark/status/1266610636173324288, https://twitter.com/stribrooks/status/1266186985041022976
And this is the most terrible story, of a photographer being blinded in one eye. Horrible. https://twitter.com/KillerMartinis/status/1266786161143537669
Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell, who is briefing on behalf of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety says:
https://twitter.com/gretakaul/status/1266938056902410240, https://twitter.com/PatKessler/status/1266937787850395648
https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1266935666274906113
More on Schnell response:
https://twitter.com/erinreportsTV/status/1266938074350706688, https://twitter.com/TheoKeith/status/1266938009309425664,
https://twitter.com/jessvanb/status/1266938009292804096, https://twitter.com/Stowydad/status/1266937905651445760
Tonight's incidents:
Molly Hennessy-Fiske - LA Times
https://twitter.com/mollyhf/status/1266911382613692422, https://twitter.com/latimes/status/1266928072890085379, https://twitter.com/michaelluo/status/1266938351476670465
Ali Velshi - MSNBC
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1266912009083326470, https://twitter.com/AliVelshi/status/1266911534963478532
Morgan Chesky - MSNBC
https://twitter.com/BreakingChesky/status/1266920780820029440, https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1266910910137995264
Tom Aviles - WCCO CBS
https://twitter.com/WCCO/status/1266920992946954241,
https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/1266921035800199170, https://twitter.com/SeawrightSays/status/1266938413942530048
Maggie Koerth
https://twitter.com/tiffanybu1/status/1266937515635888129, https://twitter.com/maggiekb1/status/1266929476862173186
Mike George - CBS
https://twitter.com/MikeGeorgeCBS/status/1266916104951214080, https://twitter.com/MikeGeorgeCBS/status/1266919447970942986
Press: https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/1266910826797113347
Danger journalists are in from crowds: https://twitter.com/devphotoK11/status/1266927932989222917
What is the proper way for journalists and law enforcement to work together? https://twitter.com/tiffanybu1/status/1266937515635888129
Star Tribune car shot at by police with rubber bullets: https://twitter.com/ChaoStrib/status/1266947047162359811
WCCO photographer freed: https://twitter.com/susanelizabethL/status/1266945758995062786
The media from elsewhere should have been in Minneapolis Tuesday, Wednesday, or especially Thursday and Friday, if they wanted to document mayhem. But they are welcome to browse my twitter feed from those nights. https://twitter.com/bengarvin/status/1266948546625970176
A new report from tonight. It is his first night here.

Michael Anthony Adams - Vice News https://twitter.com/MichaelAdams317/status/1266945268567678976
https://twitter.com/ChaoStrib/status/1266959110265856000
Oh no! This sucks.
Ryan Faircloth is a Minneapolis Star Tribune reporter:
https://twitter.com/RyanFaircloth/status/1266961134751449089
Ryan Faircloth seems okay and is filmed here by Maggie Koerth who also got threatened by police earlier in the thread: https://twitter.com/maggiekb1/status/1266961232218730496
St. Paul too. https://twitter.com/MaraKlecker/status/1266963871861964800
☹️
She survived a lot of chaos the last two nights and now this. https://twitter.com/SophNar0747/status/1266966699288473601
It is hard to remember back to 6:20 pm (and now it is 12:45 am) but back then law enforcement and much of the city was afraid.
https://twitter.com/MnDPS_DPS/status/1266872027333435392
And law enforcement felt for the first time since Monday that they had a groundswell of support to protect neighborhoods.
Also, on Friday morning, it was clear that Governor Walz and Minnesota National Guard's Jensen felt that the law enforcement response was totally disorganized and inadequate. But they too failed Friday night. Tonight (Saturday) night was the first glimpse of coordination.
I agree that there are far too many incidents described above of law enforcement treating the press carelessly (despite some media sometimes clumsily getting in the middle of operations). Bad training, and yes, likely some of them thinking "media are the enemy of the people."
Still happening here after midnight to Star Tribune reporter: https://twitter.com/AndrewMannix/status/1266968276481052672
From earlier in the evening:

Ryan Raiche - KSTP ABC https://twitter.com/ryanraiche/status/1266919035033264130
I did not mention the arrest of Omar Jimenez at 5:10 am on Friday morning while live on CNN by Minnesota State Patrol. He was released soon after.
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1266338035605667842

Governor Tim Walz, by 6:38 am, repeatedly profusely apologized to all journalists. https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/1266333186671378432
Here is the long version of what happened to Molly Hennessy-Fiske LA Times and other journalists she was with. Horrible. https://twitter.com/kyoshino/status/1266984967399026689?s=19
https://twitter.com/StribJany/status/1266995121662328832?s=19
Julio-Cesar Chavez and Rodney Seward from Reuters.
(I think they were next to Molly Hennessy-Fiske and Carolyn Cole of the LA Times). https://twitter.com/JulioCesrChavez/status/1266980841441419265?s=19
Susan Ormiston - CBC (Canada) hit by a rubber bullet in the shoulder and tear gas canister in the back.
https://twitter.com/NatashaFatah/status/1266919824556535808?s=20, https://twitter.com/mcquillanator/status/1266915485741993996?s=20
Andrew Buncombe - The Independent (UK) https://twitter.com/AndrewBuncombe/status/1266911306889789440?s=20
Way back on Thursday

Tyler Davis - USA TODAY
was pepper sprayed.

Video: https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2020/05/29/george-floyd-minneapolis-police-spray-protesters-journalist/5282742002/

Tweet: https://twitter.com/TDavisDMR/status/1266445003246776322?s=20
Tim Arvier - 9 News (Australia) https://twitter.com/TimArvier9/status/1266969637817909250?s=19
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