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There cannot be a cop in America unaware of @CNN's @OmarJimenez being cuffed and hauled away while reporting on air on Thurs night. Yet rather than the grave embarrassment that it was, others seem to treat it as an example to emulate https://twitter.com/ByRobertoR/status/1267264167314182144
Reporter from @DMregister calls out "I'm press, I'm press, I'm press" to no avail as she is pepper-sprayed in the face, put into disposable handcuffs and detained in a squad car https://twitter.com/andreamsahouri/status/1267261446402052097