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>>void_n+(OP)
So, state police -- on a loudspeaker -- are "ordering" people to "leave the street immediately."

The reporter admits he was told "to clear the area."

The loudspeaker -- again -- explicitly states to "go back in the direction you came from."

The reporter admits on air that they were "requested to move back."

The cameraman also admits on air that "We were just out here reporting the CLOSURE OF THE STREETS."

The dumbasses -- despite all this -- refused to get off the street, instead saying things like "we COULD move back to where you'd like..."

Being a reporter does not give you special permission to violate a direct order by state police in the middle of a riot (with a burning building in the background.)

If you're told to get off the street, get off the street... IMMEDIATELY. If you don't, you'll get arrested.

>>lurque+3F
He was released 30 minutes later with the governor admitting it was a bad arrest.

>>monoca+zF
Whether they are charged with a crime is up to the governor, ultimately.

But, the state police -- if they order a street closed -- are well within their rights to CLEAR the street. If the person won't budge, they can forcibly remove them. Which they did. That is being 'arrested.' There are no exceptions for reporters.

>>lurque+MG
The reporter was complying; he was asking which direction they should go when he was arrested.