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News Crew Attacked

For news crews trying to cover the unrest in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota it is challenging to say the least.

Reports of police trying to push the media out of the area and in some cases detaining members of the press.

The AAJA, NABJ, NAHJ, NAJA, and the Society of Professional Journalists issued a joint statement about the police action.

On the other side, the protestors are also turning on the media. A CNN news crew member was hit with a bottle to the head and knocked him down.

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Crews are doing their best to cover the story, but with attacks from both police and the protestors, it is making it very hard to do so.

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