Minnesota State Patrol updates guidance on reporters during protests: no use of force, no seizing cameras

Minnesota State Patrol updates guidance on reporters during protests: no use of force, no seizing cameras

Credentialed members of the press can no longer be subject to Minnesota State Patrol dispersal orders, and troopers will halt the practice of photographing them before letting them go while covering protests and have been prohibited from taking other actions against the media.

“A free press is foundational to our democracy, and the ability of journalists to cover civil unrest in our communities must be protected and encouraged,” the MSP said in a statement Saturday.

Law enforcement officers pepper spray protestors and working media outside the Brooklyn Center police station during the sixth night of protests over the shooting death of Daunte Wright by a police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota on April 16, 2021. - Police officer, Kim Potter, who shot dead Black 20-year-old Daunte Wright in a Minneapolis suburb after appearing to mistake her gun for her Taser was arrested April 14 on manslaughter charges. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

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