The Best (and Only) View From Inside the OccupyLA Crackdown
This morning, much has rightly been made about the restrictions imposed by LAPD on journalists attempting to cover the clearing of the OccupyLA encampment. LAist tweeted last night that LAPD went so far as to prohibit journalists from tweeting who were embedded with the LAPD.
What was clear from watching live video footage of the raid last night, was that journalists who were not embedded with police–and subject to their seemingly arbitrary embargoes–were under certain risk of arrest should they attempt to cover the crackdown from inside the confines of a police cordon.
WORK SMARTER - LEARN, GROW AND BE INSPIRED.
Subscribe today!
To Read the Full Story Become an Adweek+ Subscriber
Already a member? Sign in