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August 29, 2008
ABC Producer Arrested While Covering Dems in Denver
Relying as it does on a free press, the media might want to rethink its slavish devotion to the cause of installing Barack Obama in the White House, in light of this and this and this from Wednesday:
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. […]
Eslocker and his ABC News colleagues are spending the week investigating the role of corporate lobbyists and wealthy donors at the convention for a series of Money Trail reports on ABC's "World News with Charles Gibson."
Here's video showing cops shoving Eslocker into oncoming traffic and grabbing him by the throat. That will teach him to embarrass Democrat bigwigs.
Hat tip: Counter-Stupid.
Posted by Van Helsing at August 29, 2008 8:35 AM
Comments
The media is the moth, and Osama bin Obama is the flame.
They just can't help themselves... and their freedom will be burnt as a result.
Posted by: Lyle at August 29, 2008 8:47 AM
I've been a "law and order" type my whole life and I'm no fan of ABC, NBC or any other MSM company. But this footage outrages me. That policeman shoved the reporter into the street and then had the F'ing nerve to suggest that the guy was blocking traffic!
I only hope that ABC and/or the victim doesn't just let this pass. That guy has no business being a police officer. He's a disgrace to the badge he's wearing and he gave every fellow police officer in the country a black eye.
Posted by: So Cal Jim at August 29, 2008 9:45 AM
There are a couple of articles out that now point out that the Reporter and Camera Man were on Public Property.
Even the ACLU - yes, the ACLU has come out with a statement that is kind of against this one.
Expect the Denver City leadership (oxymoron) to crap all over the Policeman and his Chain of Command to fend off a very large $$$ suit and bad press.
What the radical left protesters could not accomplish to tarnish Obama and Denver, the local Police (taking orders from the Obama camp) did.
Priceless!
Check out the Denver Post for additional background reading on this.
Posted by: Oiao at August 29, 2008 12:00 PM
The video is gone.
Posted by: Thomas Shawn at August 31, 2008 1:02 PM
