Harassment, assaults, arrests of reporters continue: incidents occur at strike, trial, animal protest, and charter school

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Federal agencies, local police and public school staff have subjected reporters to assaults, threatened arrest and restrictive press pass policies. A Detroit reporter was jailed for interviewing the brother of a murder victim, and Detroit police threatened a reporter with arrest when he attempted to photograph aggressive detainment of another journalist. NASA plans to revise media access practices in light of complaints, and the Department of Defense has rescinded a policy requiring journalists applying for building passes to disclose personal criminal and financial histories.

United States, Analysis, Laws, regulations and rules, Michigan, Washington, D.C., Freedom of the press, Government and the press, Press policy

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Gunman kills former El Diario-La Prensa editor

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Manuel de Dios Unanue, former editor of El Diario-La Prensa, the largest Spanish language daily newspaper in the US, was shot to death in a New York restaurant on Mar 11, 1992. No arrest has been made and the theories as to why de Dios was killed are numerous. De Dios crusaded against drug traffickers in the US and abroad, had testified before Congress about the murder of pro-independence activists in Puerto Rico and had debts, all of which created possible motives for numerous suspects to have him killed.

de Dios Unanue, Manuel

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Reporter arrested at rapper's funeral; photographer beaten by gang members

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Reporters in New York and California have been subjected to police harassment and assault by members of the public. In Brooklyn, a free lance reporter covering the funeral of Notorious B.I.G. was arrested for disorderly conduct despite evidence that she was simply walking in the procession. A Sacramento photographer was severely beaten by a gang for taking photographs of a child. Police suspect that the gang thought the photographer inadvertently captured a drug deal on film.

Cases, California, Journalism, New York (State)

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