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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+(OP)
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+c4
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+Ua
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...)

>>bigiai+Lb
yes, i am not saying police are justified

but it isn't clear at least from the video, police are going out of their way to shut down the press, as in they have a press vendetta or want to censor

which is the impression i got was going on based on the headline and linked article

i accept i may just lack reading comprehension

>>yters+(OP)
Yes and we shouldn't have journalists in war zones either /s