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>>sorami+(OP)
At least from the video, the press is walking into zones of active conflict between protestors and police with lots of noise and police in full riot gear. Personally, it is not super suprising to me the press gets caught in the cross fire.

>>yters+C91
I note there's no widely circulating videos or reports of journalists being assaulted by demonstrators...

I suspect there's way less "cross" in that "cross fire" than the term you're using implies.

>>bigiai+Od1
Yes, journalists would be considered to be one of the demonstrators by both parties. They are not geared out like the riot police, so do not look similar.

>>yters+wk1
At the same time, it's inconceivable that a journalist could be mistaken for a rioting, window breaking, projectile throwing looter.

Which says something important about where the riot-gear-clad police are aiming their "cross fire". (And hence why the protests are needed, and why some of the protesters become violent after a few generations of the same old same old...)