ST. PAUL, MN--Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was unlawfully arrested in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota at approximately 5 p.m. local time. Police violently manhandled Goodman, yanking her arm, as they arrested her. Video of her arrest can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjyvkR0bGQ Full Story »
Posted by Jon Raymond
I found this story infuriating. There's plenty of evidence and sourcing here, via the video embedded in the text, but the evidence contradicts the headline. Unless something happened off camera, Ms. Goodman's arrest was not violent, as the headline states. The most frustrating thing here is that by billing the arrest of a celebrity/activist journalist as something it's not, it weakens the most important aspect of this story: the suppression of the freedom of the press.
