By Josh Stearns
Storify, September 18, 2012
Press suppression and journalist arrests have become an almost weekly occurrence since the start of Occupy Wall Street on September 17, 2011. As press, protesters and police converge in New York City for the one year anniversary, we’ll be tracking press suppression here.
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Monday, September 17, 2012
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(For arrests from Saturday the 15th and Sunday the 16th scroll to the bottom. With the arrests from this week, the total number of people who have been arrested while trying to cover Occupy protests now tops 90. For more background visit http://www.freepress.net/press-freedom.)
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1) Molly Crabapple, illustrator and journalist arrested.
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Just confirmed: @mollycrabapple, an illustrator for the Nation and others outlets, was just arrested.twitter.com/mollycrabapple/… #S17 #OWS -
My friend @mollycrabapple makes CNN, though not the way she’d like methinks. pic.twitter.com/QryTXWkL -
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2) Photojournalist, Julian Reinhart was arrested. Reinhart is a member of the National Press Photographer’s Association and has been active in the New York General Assembly group.
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– @juliacreinhart , Ind photographer reportedly arrested earlier today in lower Manhattan. #journarrestv. @Timcast @jcstearns -
New York City police are continuing their crackdown against photographers and journalists during the Occupy Wall Street anniversary protest, arresting a photographer this morning because she did not have NYPD-issued press credentials, according to reports on Twitter. Julia Reinhart, who is also a member of the National Press Photographer Association, was wearing her NPPA identification at the time when she stopped to take a photo. A photo of her in handcuffs was posted on Instagram by Moccupychi.
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A photographer who witnessed the arrest identified the journalist as Julia Reinhardt, and that’s since been corroborated. The photographer stated that Reinhardt was plucked from a crowd, seemingly at random, and arrested, apparently because she lacked NYPD press credentials. She was reportedly wearing her National Press Photographer Association [NPPA] identification at the time.
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Yes! Was just released on Desk Appearance Ticket. Charged with disorderly conduct RT @Stranahan@blogdiva @jcstearns her > @juliacreinhart ? -
3) John Bolger, a student editor from Hunter College’s “The Envoy” was arrested.
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Breaking: Student editor from Hunter College’s@hunterenvoy arrested at #OWS this AM. #journarrestFollow @SPLC for more. -
The arrested student journalist, John Bolger, has reported on #OWS protests for the last year. Won award in April: j.mp/QgrgDK
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4) A livestreamer, Nathan Heustis, who is affiliated with Occupy Portland, was arrested. Remarkably he kept his camera rolling while in custody.
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Livestreamer @nathanheustis was arrested snatch-and-grab style this morning by NYPD. opdxlive.org#ows #opdx #s17 -
this is nathans wife. nathan got snatched. in the back of a van ustream.tv/channel/pdx-nathanh -
PDX_nathanH
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5) Journalist John Knefel was arrested. This is the second time NYPD has arrested Knefel, the last time was in December of 2011.
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Confirming #journarrest MT @JAMyerson: They just arrested @johnknefel. Yanked him off the sidewalk, threw him facedown on street -
Photo of @johnknefel being arrested:twitter.yfrog.com/oeuq1qdj #journoarrest cc @jcstearnsvia @jeffrae
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yfrog – Oops! -
@jcstearns They got @johnknefel again. Yanked him off sidewalk. -
@JAMyerson We’re you near him?
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@jcstearns Yep. Talked to him as he was on ground and in van.
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Here’s how the NYPD deals with the press in NYC.@johnknefel being arrested while reporting.pic.twitter.com/ourESP2T #S17 #OWS -
6) Boston Phoenix journalist Chris Faraone was arrested for “disorderly conduct.”
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I just got out of jail. Was arrested despite screaming over and over that I’m a journalist. Story coming soon.#OWS #S17 #OccupyBoston -
Other articles about the arrests…
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Civil Rights and Press Freedom One Year After Occupy | Free Press
One year ago the Occupy movement took root in a small square in New York City. From there it would ripple out across the nation over a ma… -
At least five journalists arrested during OWS protests | Reporters Committee for Freedom of the PressAt least five journalists have been arrested in Manhattan while covering Occupy Wall Street protests marking the one-year anniversary of …
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Saturday and Sunday, September 15 and 16, 2012
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on his stream @timcast says “NYPD is trying their best to bring #ows back” with #journarrestustream.tv/timcast1 like -
Two Photogs, One Journalist Arrested as #ows Activists Descend Upon Wall Street for Anniversary | Pixiqpo.st/0TXQa6 #s15 -
Two Photogs, One Journalist Arrested as Activists Descend Upon Wall Street for Anniversary | Pixiq
Unlike police in Tampa and Charlotte during the recent political conventions, New York City police made no attempt in respecting the righ… -
1) Photographer Charles Meachem arrested
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Photographer Charles Meachem arrested also lawyer Melissa Freedman who was trying to get protesters to back down #s15 -
2. A Mexican journalist was arrested – still looking for confirmation of her name.
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Per @firstnightfree who was arrested last night: Tells me a female Mexican journo was searched by a male#NYPD officer in jail. #S17 #OWS -
@DustinSlaughter shared a photo from Flipboard
I found the Mexican journalist arrested last night. She’s lost feeling in her forearm from the cuffs: http://flpbd.it/5352u #S17 #OWS -
I found the Mexican journalist arrested last night. She’s lost feeling in her forearm from the cuffs: flpbd.it/5352u#S17 #OWS
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3) Mark Provost was arrested
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Many #journarrest today ( #jailsupport )One said he thought this would never happen in his homeland, been arrested covering other countries -
NY Daily News suggests that morning arrests at #OWSinclude “several reporters” nydn.us/Stz3h0 via@anjalimullany #S17
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I was arrested in NYC during an Occupy march this evening. NYPD was randomly grabbing people 3-5 at a time… fb.me/1zSkRtd3Z
