Black CNN Reporter Arrested On-Air While Covering Minneapolis Protests — VIDEO
Reading now: 157
perezhilton.comThis is absolutely outrageous. While reporting live on the scene of the continued protests in Minneapolis, Minnesota sparked by outrage over George Floyd‘s death, CNN reporter Omar Jimenez, who is Black and Latino, was arrested early Friday morning.
His white colleague, also reporting in the area, was not arrested. Related: Chaos Erupts In Minneapolis Amid Protests Over George Floyd’s Death Around 5 a.m.
local time, Jimenez, who was on the location of one arrest, had informed his in-studio colleagues of police approaching: Omar — who was wearing his CNN badge to identify himself as a member of the press —then addressed the cops directly: As he continued reporting, one police officer placed his hand on Jimenez’s arm, while another said to
Read more on perezhilton.com
The website celebsbar.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.
