Impressive. This is the precise and immediate reaction we need from state AGs as numerous incidents have occurred across the nation this evening while reporters have been doing their jobs, often in harm’s way, to document the unrest.
@NewYorkStateAG office. https://twitter.com/newyorkstateag/status/1266938909214334982

On this note, it’s absolutely imperative we have a public statement from @WhiteHouse tomorrow in support of the press. The President has stoked this and only he can reverse it. @VP used to be a strong advocate of press freedom co-chairing the committee. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/11/20/mike-pence-donald-trump-press-freedom-dictators-authoritarians-prison-column/4237469002/
Here is @cerisecastle after being shot by rubber bullets reporting for @kcrw holding press badge above her head https://twitter.com/cerisecastle/status/1266878695555231747?s=21 https://twitter.com/cerisecastle/status/1266878695555231747
And @CNN reporter @keithboykin arrested while taking photos and video. https://twitter.com/keithboykin/status/1266933018570219520?s=21
And @OmarJimenez reporting while CNN Produced was hit with rubber bullets. Jiminez amd crew were arrested yesterday for their crime of journalism. https://twitter.com/omarjimenez/status/1266935551099371520
Here is @latimes reporter @mollyhf. She and a dozen press were fired with tear gas by Minnesota police at point blank range. Copying @amyklobuchar also a defender of press freedom. https://twitter.com/mollyhf/status/1266911382613692422?s=21
Here is @PLBarghouty on how she and @PBS @DGisSERIOUS were violently handled by police and @HuffPost reporter @letsgomathias was arrested - again for the crime of journalism. https://twitter.com/plbarghouty/status/1266922618122354690
And @MSNBC’s @AliVelshi was hit in the leg by a rubber bullet while committing the crime of journalism. https://twitter.com/alivelshi/status/1266911534963478532
And a great wrapup in @ReliableSources tonight on all of the troubling arrests and assaults of reporters while they were doing their jobs. https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/159089853912833ac6189af92/raw?utm_term=159089853912833ac6189af92&utm_source=Copy+of+Reliable+Sources+-+May+29%2C+2020+20200530_185215&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=211459_1590898539132&bt_ee=4JVpDMYsFAn0%2BHsC8cfUiW7jkKgN0yu7lbrOPzDUQcbb91i9pzLnF2Fx42WfVF%2Fw&bt_ts=1590898539132
And the great @Sulliview weighs in on the above ahead of tonight’s latest events. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/trump-has-sown-hatred-of-the-press-for-years-now-journalists-are-under-assault-from-police-and-protesters-alike/2020/05/30/1e6b81ae-a2a3-11ea-81bb-c2f70f01034b_story.html
New York Times coverage of the above. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/30/us/minneapolis-protests-press.html
CBS @WCCO reporter hit with rubber bullet and arrested. https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/05/30/wcco-photojournalist-tom-aviles-arrested-in-south-minneapolis/
And @WOODTV crew in Michigan. https://twitter.com/mikenziefrost/status/1266969511007268865?s=21 https://twitter.com/mikenziefrost/status/1266969511007268865
Add this thread from @vicenews @MichaelAdams317 https://twitter.com/michaeladams317/status/1266945268567678976?s=21 https://twitter.com/michaeladams317/status/1266945268567678976
And another in MN. I shouldn’t even go create this thread, it’s deeply disturbing how long it is and across many different American cities. ht @brianstelter https://twitter.com/simonmoyasmith/status/1267054164774916096?s=21 https://twitter.com/simonmoyasmith/status/1267054164774916096