United States: Philadelphia Inquirer Samantha Melamed detained, told she “must have been a bad girl”

United States: Philadelphia Inquirer Samantha Melamed detained, told she “must have been a bad girl”

More than two dozen activists were detained on June 23rd after attempting to occupy the Municipal Services Building with last-minute demands for city leaders to drastically reduce the police department’s budget.

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United States: Police draw weapons towards reporter Maggie Koerth

United States:  Police draw weapons towards reporter Maggie Koerth

Maggie Koerth, a senior science reporter for the website FiveThirtyEight, was covering a protest from a Minneapolis sidewalk when a police officer drew a weapon on her and another working journalist, impeding their work.

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United States: Mehtap Yılmaz and crew of VOA Turkey attacked in Washington

United States: Mehtap Yılmaz and crew of VOA Turkey attacked in Washington

On May 31, Mehtap Yılmaz and her crew were covering demonstrators at the middle entrance to St. John’s Church, in Lafayette Square near the White House, when police suddenly charged at them.

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