Reporter’s arrest impacts freedom of all citizens  -A A +A
First Amendment Center The First Amendment right of a free press
to publish the news absolutely requires that journalists be free
to gather the news.  So when police improperly arrest a
journalist who simply is reporting at a scene, they do more than
violate one person’s rights — they attack our collective,
constitutional right to know from a free and independent source
what our government is doing so that we may hold it accountable.
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