Police Arrest CNN Reporter And Crew Covering Minneapolis Protests Live On Air

A CNN correspondent and two members of his crew have been arrested live on air while broadcasting from protests in Minneapolis over George Floyd’s death.

Omar Jimenez, who was covering the demonstrations that have erupted in the city, was handcuffed and taken away after telling officers the crew would go wherever they wanted them to.

A producer and a camera operator were also detained.

The camera continued rolling and broadcasting the whole time, even as it was taken away from the crew.

The crew was released around two hours later.

Viewers expressed shock at the scene:

Police told CNN that the journalists had been arrested “for not following orders to clear the street.”

Jimenez’s colleague Josh Campbell, who was elsewhere in the city covering the protests, was not arrested.

Yet Campbell told New Day that his experience had been “the opposite of what Omar just experienced.” It “crossed my mind” it could have been because he is white and Jimenez is Black, Campbell said.

CNN had called for the release of its employees in a statement shared on Twitter.

“A CNN reporter & his production team were arrested this morning in Minneapolis...

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