“It’s a crime scene.” Capitol police allegedly tell reporters they cannot record political protests during Obamacare repeal debate – PB/TK
Reporters allege Capitol Police blocked their coverage of health care protests, forced them to delete footage – By Charlie May / July 26 2017
As reporters attempted to document protesters who interrupted the Senate’s vote to open debate repealing Obamacare on Tuesday, and their subsequent arrest for doing so, Capitol Police barred them from recording and taking pictures, telling them it’s “a crime scene,” according to Gabby Morrongiello, the Washington Bureau Chief of the New York Post.
After Senate Republicans voted to take a small step to drastically change the health care system for tens of millions of Americans on Tuesday, the Capitol Police determined that the people had protested efforts to do so, and the reporters wanted to document it, were in violation of the law.
As the Senate voted on the motion to proceed, protesters stormed the chamber and interrupted the process chanting, “kill the bill, don’t kill us.”
Continue to salon.com article: http://www.salon.com/2017/07/26/reporters-allege-capitol-police-blocked-their-coverage-of-health-care-protests-forced-them-to-delete-footage/
