CNN's Omar Jimenez Released After Being Arrested While Covering George Floyd Protests
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justjared.comOmar Jimenez has been released following his arrest. The CNN reporter was arrested and taken into custody, and his producer Bill Kirkos and photojournalist Leonel Mendez were handcuffed, while on the job reporting about the ongoing protests in Minneapolis, Minn.
following George Floyd‘s death while held under restraint by policemen. The journalists were approached mid-broadcast. “We can move back to where you’d like.
We can move back to where you’d like here. We are live on the air at the moment…we’re getting out of your way. So, just let us know.
Wherever you’d want us, we will go. We were just getting out of your way when you were advancing through the intersection. Let us know and we’ve got you,” Omar said during the broadcast.
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