Journalists caught in crossfire during George Floyd protests across the U.S.
Journalists reporting on protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in Minneapolis after his neck was knelt on by a white police officer, have been arrested, tear-gassed and hit with rubber bullets while broadcasting throughout the country.
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[EXPLOSION]
JO LING KENT: Hey guys, we're in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle right now. I don't know if you can hear me. But we have police now advancing on proteste--
[GRENADE LAUNCHING]
[BLEEP]
Oh my gosh. We're moving. We're moving.
- Oh.
JO LING KENT: We're moving. We're moving.
- OK.
- [INAUDIBLE]
- You're good. You're good. You're good.
- Go this way. Go this way. Go this way.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
JO LING KENT: Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.
[SCREAMING]
Let's go.
- [INAUDIBLE] through again. This is exactly what it looks like, exactly what it looks like. We have to stay safely-- Amelia!
- Oh. Whoa! Oh.
- Amelia, can you hear us?
- Ame--
- I am press.
[COUGHING]
[SHOUTING]
[SHOOTING RUBBER BULLETS]
- Ow! I'm a journalist! I'm a journa--
[EXPLOSION]
- Let me out! Let me out! [GROANS] [BLEEP] Let me out! Let me out!
[SHOOTING RUBBER BULLETS]
Oh. Let me out!
- You can wait here right now.
- [INAUDIBLE]. Get over here quick. [INAUDIBLE] in the back. Ah!
OMAR JIMENEZ: I'm sorry?
- You're under arrest.
OMAR JIMENEZ: OK. Do you--
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
OMAR JIMENEZ: --mind telling me why I'm under arrest, sir? Why am I under arrest, sir?
- Officer, you can stay there. He told you there right now.
- [INAUDIBLE] there with CNN.
OMAR JIMENEZ: OK.
- You are arresting him live on CNN. We told you before that we are with CNN.