Posts Tagged ‘ABC News’

It’s 1968 all over again.

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Watch this video and see how chilling the use of police to suppress the news can be. This is outrageous and, I’m sure, if these were Republicans, it would be front page story in the NY Times.

DENVER–Police in Denver arrested an ABC News producer today as he and a camera crew were attempting to take pictures on a public sidewalk of Democratic Senators and VIP donors leaving a private meeting at the Brown Palace Hotel.

Police on the scene refused to tell ABC lawyers the charges against the producer, Asa Eslocker, who works with the ABC News investigative unit. . . .

A police official later told lawyers for ABC News that Eslocker is being charged with trespass, interference, and failure to follow a lawful order. He also said the arrest followed a signed complaint from the Brown Palace Hotel.