On August 13, 2014, police in Ferguson Missouri began to target film crews and journalists, blasting them with tear gas and hauling them to the police station.
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SWAT just invade McDonald's where I'm working/recharging. Asked for ID when I took photo. pic.twitter.com/FOIsMnBwHy
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) August 13, 2014Video of my arrest: http://t.co/baiYPQGfc7/s/ZHkX
— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) August 14, 2014From Huffington Post
Reilly explained that he was working in a nearby McDonald's along with another reporter, the Washington Post's Wesley Lowery, when SWAT entered the premises. Reilly was then ordered to exit.
"They were giving us a countdown like we were 5-year-olds," he explained.
When he didn't leave quickly enough, Reilly said, he was roughed up by an officer and subsequently arrested.
"You know you always see cops yelling, 'stop resisting, stop resisting,' and that's something that happened here -- but I wasn't resisting," Reilly said. "This is just something that these cops yelled no matter what you were doing. I let my arms go limp ... wasn't trying to resist anything."
Wesley Lowery in the Washington Post
During this time, we asked the officers for badge numbers. We asked to speak to a supervising officer. We asked why we were being detained. We were told: trespassing in a McDonald’s.
“I hope you’re happy with yourself,” one officer told me. And I responded: “This story’s going to get out there. It’s going to be on the front page of The Washington Post tomorrow.”
And he said, “Yeah, well, you’re going to be in my jail cell tonight.”
Once at the station, we were processed, our pockets emptied. No mug shots. They removed our restraints and put us in a holding cell. Ryan was able to get ahold of his dad. I called my mom, but I couldn’t get through. I couldn’t remember any phone numbers.
We were in there for what felt like 10 or 15 minutes. Then the processing officer came in.
“Who’s media?” he asked.
We said we were. And the officer said we were both free to go. We asked to speak to a commanding officer. We asked to see an arrest report. No report, the officer told us, and no, they wouldn’t provide any names.
Footage I shot as @WesleyLowery and I were released from #Ferguson Police Station last night: https://t.co/t2eKRnwGdY
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) August 14, 2014Reunited with Wesley and Ryan at #ferguson police station. pic.twitter.com/CryDR5OVaJ
— Conetta (@BmoreConetta) August 14, 2014Didn't realize until just now that I was never informed of my Miranda rights. #Ferguson
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) August 14, 2014Kind St. Louis citizens who drove us back to car after #Ferguson cops left us stranded at station. Thanks Twitter! pic.twitter.com/onOXerrJSM
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) August 14, 2014I love the accusations that @ryanjreilly and @WesleyLowery got themselves arrested to get attention BY SITTING IN A McDONALD'S.
— Elise Foley (@elisefoley) August 14, 2014"We're dealing with 4,000 animals in there, & you want to give me attitude?" The deputy yelled, mad I was taking a pic #Ferguson #MikeBrown
— Eli Rosenberg (@EliKMBC) August 14, 2014Little scary tonight when officers with the guns drawn came up on us in a residential area telling us to get out! @ksdknews
— Elizabeth Matthews (@ElizabethKSDK) August 14, 2014PIC: police firing tear gas at @ajam crew abt to go live in #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/NXxHC3AoN3
— Jonathan Betz (@jebetz) August 14, 2014#Ferguson SWAT team dismantles Al Jazeera camera equipment after crew flees tear gas. VIDEO: http://t.co/qL2F2AWg6r pic.twitter.com/stGhqvPU84
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) August 14, 2014The #STL SWAT team has weapons drawn in #Ferguson at a protest in broad daylight with media attending pic.twitter.com/z6zIVuCM6D
— FOX2now (@FOX2now) August 13, 2014Police standing on SWAT Team van in #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/D7JaoRjQuV
— FOX2now (@FOX2now) August 14, 2014*Warning*" Explicit language. Tear gas #MikeBrown "@AntonioFrench: Happening now in #Ferguson https://t.co/W6EXGxywZR"
— St. Louis American (@StLouisAmerican) August 14, 2014I wonder if #Ferguson police know this: It's Perfectly Legal To Film The Cops http://t.co/OJYoscnGaa #MikeBrown pic.twitter.com/tTGSh6a0Wy
— KHARY PENEBAKER (@kharyp) August 14, 2014In Ferguson, @AntonioFrench has been a superb citizen journalist. So he's under arrest.
— Dan Gillmor (@dangillmor) August 14, 2014Just called #Ferguson PD and asked why Antonio French has been arrested. Operator said "it's private" and "he'll be there for a few hours."
— Boo Radley (@ClauGasol) August 14, 2014Happening now in #Ferguson https://t.co/qg6vDs916H
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) August 14, 2014Called #Ferguson PD to ask abt @AntonioFrench arrest. Told me they can't confirm, told me to "get it on the web." "We're very busy."
— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) August 14, 2014They've put @AntonioFrench on a 24 hour jail hold. Demand @GovJayNixon release him! @Miss_Didi23 @Ivanroberson
— @SpaceCoastLaw (@SpaceCoastLaw) August 14, 2014Antonio French released just now #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/jPnIV6yR6E
— Laurie Skrivan (@LaurieSkrivan) August 14, 2014
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