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CNN Reporter Arrested in Minneapolis During Live Broadcast

‘We’re not sure why our correspondent is being arrested’

EXCERPT:

JIMENEZ: “Just let us know. Wherever you want us, we will go. We’re just getting out of your way when you were advancing through the intersection. Just let us know and we’ve got you. This is the scene here playing out in Minneapolis. This is part of the advanced police presence that we saw come over the course of really minutes when the local police showed up at the fire department or with the fire department, I should say, on the building we showed you that was burning. This is among the state patrol unit that was advancing up the street scattering the protesters at that point for people to clear the area. So we walked away. I’m sorry?"
OFFICER: "You're now under arrest."
JIMENEZ: "Okay. Do you mind telling me why I’m under arrest, sir? Why am I under arrest, sir?"
BERMAN: "That is an American television reporter, Omar Jimenez, being led away by police officers. He clearly identified himself as a reporter. He was respectfully explaining to the state police that our CNN team was there and moving away as they would request and then for some reason he was just taken in to police custody live on television. I’m sorry. I did not mean to interrupt you, Alisyn. I just wanted to hear, listen to see if we could hear more from the officers, the state police as this is going on."

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