The team of the French private channel had a bad experience while they were reporting on the clashes that took place after the death of George Floyd. Journalist Amandine Atalaya spoke about this duplex incident on the TF1 news program.
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The tension is at its height in the United States after the death of George Floyd due to police officers and that, these journalists of TF1 could very concretely feel it. This Sunday, May 31, they were present on the streets of Minneapolis, where demonstrations were held to protest against police violence. While filming the scene, they were arrested and handcuffed by the police, who were clearly ordered to be ruthless.
Witnesses to American police brutality
The information was first disseminated by one of the TF1 employees concerned via his Twitter account. He shows a photo of their car there, targeted by the police: ” In Minneapolis last night, near a roadblock, police fired a rubber bullet at our running vehicle on the driver’s side, then arrested us with Amandine Atalaya. Released quickly fortunately, more fear than harm He wrote.
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Shortly after, Amandine Atalaya appeared live during the TF1 8 pm TV news. She explains in detail what happened: ” There were shovel arrests, and without any distinction. Rioters, of course, but also very calm civilians or journalists, like us. We were just starting our story when soldiers shot our car with rubber bullets. We were arrested, handcuffed, and rounded up with many other residents in the entrance to a prison. We were released after about two hours “
She then recounts what happened after this mishap: ” Inevitably, under these conditions, by the end of the night, the city had become calm and under control. Donald Trump clearly encourages this new aggression by the police. He also blames anti-fascists when in reality they are a minority for the time being in these riots, and then he warns that if demonstrators approach the White House, he will use, I quote, his most vicious dogs and scary weapons “, She concludes.
Two days before, a team from CNN, a chain known to be wrestling with Donald Trump, had suffered a similar fate. His journalist was then arrested by the police in full live. As he calmly explains what is going on, two police officers handcuffed him. When he asks with the same serenity and repeatedly ” Why are you arresting me? “, He then receives no response. He was released a few hours later when CNN complained of a press freedom law violation.
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