Police Commissioner Kelly To NYPD: Stop Arresting Reporters For Doing Their Job: Gothamist

Police Commissioner Kelly To NYPD: Stop Arresting Reporters For Doing Their Job: Gothamist:

After the police arrested numerous journalists covering the raid on Occupy Wall Street's Zuccotti Park encampment as well as subsequent protester actions, media outlets condemned the NYPD's actions which also included restricting access to witness events. Yesterday, representatives from the AP, the NY Times, the Daily News, the NY Post, and the National Press Photographers Association met with Police Commissioner Kelly and chief police spokesman Paul Browne to discuss the situation—resulting in Kelly issuing a memo to the department saying the press should be allowed to do its job.