Journalists arrested at the Republican National Convention

During the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, many journalists were arrested, along with protesters, by heavily-armed riot police. These journalists were obviously photographing and videoing the protests and were wearing plainly visible press passes.

If you're interested in or concerned about this issue and how it affects journalism in the U.S., please take a moment to check out some of the links and videos below. If you'd like to get involved, you can go to the Democracy Now website for more info about what you can do.

Nicole Salazar arrest:

Amy Goodman's arrest:

PDNedu: Student Journalists Arrested at Republican National Convention

http://pdnedu.blogs.com/pdnedu/2008/09/student-journal.html

Links to news stories about the various arrests:

media coverage on the arrest of amy goodman and two democracy now producers

Information about the "preemptive raid" on the I-Witness Video group before the convention began:

http://iwitnessvideo.info/blog/108.html

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/9/1/democracy_now_s_elizabeth_press_detained