Black CNN reporter arrested live on air while covering protests in Minneapolis (Video)
Members of Jimenez's reporting team, including a producer and a cameraman, were also handcuffed.
247 -Black reporter Omar Jimenez was covering a live broadcast from the scene of the Minneapolis protests, a large city in Minnesota, when he was detained by US police, even after clearly identifying himself to the officers. This information comes from... CNN.
Members of Jimenez's reporting team, including a producer and a cameraman, were also handcuffed.
CNN's camera was also seized, but it continued recording while Omar Jimenez and his team were being handcuffed. The police apparently didn't realize the camera was still running at the time of the incident.
Check out the video: