British photographer Adam Gray arrested in New York while taking photos of street protests. Showed his press pass, but thrown to the ground by cops, who climbed on top of him while handcuffing him. Charged with unlawful assembly. "The whole time that I was being arrested...
I said I was press. They just didn't seem to care. I get that in the heat of the moment you might get pushed or grabbed, but as soon as you say that you're press, it normally stops there but not this time."
Adam's mask was removed and he was placed in a large holding cell of 50-70 people with zero social distancing. He was held in custody for eight hours. His boss, SWNS editor-in-Chief Andrew Young said: "This is an affront to press freedom. It's an outrage.''
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