The Minnesota State Patrol faced backlash Friday morning for its Twitter statement following the arrest of a CNN reporter and his crew.
Correspondent Omar Jimenez …
The Minnesota State Patrol faced backlash Friday morning for its Twitter statement following the arrest of a CNN reporter and his crew.
Correspondent Omar Jimenez was reporting for the network’s “New Day” program at the scene of the Minneapolis riots that broke out following the death of George Floyd. Jimenez and his crew were arrested early Friday morning.
The live TV broadcast that captures the arrest shows Jimenez apparently explaining to the police officers that they had been told to stand there, were from CNN and were in the middle of a live television report.
“In the course of clearing the streets and restoring order at Lake Street and Snelling Avenue, four people were arrested by State Patrol troopers, including three members of a CNN crew,” the state patrol tweeted following the incident.
