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The Independent
44 minutes ago
- Politics
- The Independent
CNN responds after police detain correspondent Jason Carroll during LA protests coverage
CNN correspondent Jason Carroll was briefly detained by Los Angeles Police Department officers on Monday night while covering the ongoing protests against Donald Trump's immigration raids, prompting the network to respond that it was 'pleased' the matter was resolved quickly. With much of the national media's attention centered squarely on LA now that the president has mobilized the National Guard and Marines to respond to the anti-ICE demonstrations, Carroll was reporting from one of the protests in the city. Shortly after wrapping up a live dispatch during anchor Laura Coates' broadcast, however, Carroll found himself with his hands behind his back as law enforcement officers began leading him away. Noticing the situation, Coates stopped her discussion with CNN analyst John Miller to ask Carroll what was happening. 'I am being detained,' the reporter exclaimed, his mic still live. 'I'm being detained, Laura.' After Carroll asked the officers if he was being arrested, one of the cops could be heard telling him that he was being led away from the protest scene and would not be allowed to return. 'We're letting you go. You can't come back. If you come back, you will be arrested,' the officer stated. 'Because then if you come back in, then you go.' At that point, a man identifying himself as working for The New York Times told Carroll that his crew had 'video of you guys' and that if CNN needed it later, the network just needed to call the paper. 'Thank you, I appreciate that,' Carroll responded. The CNN correspondent would thank the officers after he was escorted behind the police perimeter before turning back to Coates to explain to viewers what happened. 'I was called over, and the officer told me to put my hands behind my back. I said, 'Am I being arrested?' And he said, 'You are being detained,'' Carroll told viewers. 'I was walked out of the area. They took down my information.' According to Carroll, it didn't matter to the officers that he had clarified that he was a reporter for CNN, as they were adamant that he needed to leave the scene. 'They did not put me in zip ties, but they did grab both my hands as I was escorted over to the side,' he continued. 'They said you are being detained while we lead you out of this area. You are not allowed to be in this area.' A CNN spokesperson confirmed to The Independent that Carroll and his production team were briefly held by the LAPD, adding that they were thankful that the situation was defused in a swift manner. 'A CNN reporting team was briefly detained in Los Angeles while capturing the events that were unfolding as police attempted to clear an area during the ongoing protests and police and military response in the city,' the spokesperson said in a statement. 'We are pleased the situation resolved quickly once the reporting team presented law enforcement with their CNN credentials. CNN will continue to report out the news unfolding in Los Angeles.' Meanwhile, Caroll said on Monday night that he wasn't too bothered by the police detaining him while he was reporting from the demonstration, noting that it essentially comes with the job. Still, he did say this came as a bit of a surprise. 'You take a lot of risks as the press. This is low on that scale of risks, but it is something that I wasn't expecting, simply because we've been out here all day,' he concluded. 'I've covered any number of protests, and normally the officers realize that the press is there doing a job.'
The Hill
an hour ago
- Politics
- The Hill
CNN correspondent detained by LAPD during live shot
A reporter for CNN was briefly detained by police on Monday while covering the widespread protests in Los Angeles following federal immigration enforcement operations in the area over the weekend. CNN cameras caught correspondent Jason Carroll being told by police he needed to leave the area he was reporting from and placing his hands behind his back as he and members of the network's crew were escorted away. 'I asked. 'Am I being arrested?' ' Carroll said of the incident on the network after he was escorted away. 'He said, 'No … you're being detained.' You take a lot of risks as press, this is low on that scale of risks, but it is something I wasn't expecting.' CNN, in a statement to The Hill, said it was 'pleased the situation resolved quickly once the reporting team presented law enforcement with their CNN credentials.' 'CNN will continue to report out the news unfolding in Los Angeles,' the outlet said. The protests in Los Angeles have sparked intense reaction from the White House, with President Trump mobilizing hundreds of Marines and thousands of National Guard troops, a move that has sparked criticism from Democrats and the state's governor.
USA Today
3 hours ago
- Politics
- USA Today
Police detain CNN correspondent on camera during LA protests
Police detain CNN correspondent on camera during LA protests Show Caption Hide Caption The Insurrection Act explained: What it is and how presidents use it The Insurrection Act allows presidents to deploy the military within the country during unrest. Here's what the law says and how it's been used. Police briefly detained CNN correspondent Jason Carroll while on air during the network's coverage of the Los Angeles protests. CNN was covering the protests live when in-studio anchors briefly lost contact with Carroll, who could be seen being led away from the protests by Los Angeles Police Department officers with his hands behind his back. Carroll returned to the mic, informing the anchors: "I am being detained." An officer then can be heard telling Carroll: "We're letting you go. You can't come back. If you come back, you will be arrested." Carroll then thanked the officers after being left behind the police perimeter. "I was called over, and the officer told me to put my hands behind my back. I said, 'Am I being arrested?' and he said, 'You are being detained,'" Carroll explained. He later added that he clarified who he was and that he was with CNN, to no avail. "They did not put me in zip ties, but they did grab both my hands as I was escorted over to the side. They said you are being detained while we lead you out of this area. You are not allowed to be in this area." In a statement, a CNN spokesperson said the situation was handled quickly. "A CNN reporting team was briefly detained in Los Angeles while capturing the events that were unfolding as police attempted to clear an area during the ongoing protests and police and military response in the city," the statement read. "We are pleased the situation resolved quickly once the reporting team presented law enforcement with their CNN credentials. CNN will continue to report out the news unfolding in Los Angeles." USA TODAY has reached out to the LAPD for comment. Carroll said these situations come with the territory of covering protests. "You take a lot of risks as press. This is low on that scale of risks, but it is something that I wasn't expecting, simply because we've been out here all day," he continued. "I've covered any number of protests, and normally the officers realize that the press is there doing a job."
Yahoo
9 hours ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
LAPD Briefly Detains CNN Reporter During Live Coverage of Protests
While covering the protests — and the Trump administration's out-of-proportion response to them — in Los Angeles on Monday, CNN's national correspondent Jason Carroll was briefly detained by LAPD live on the air without any apparent reason. At one point during the network's live coverage, Carroll could be heard explaining who he is to officers with his hands behind his back. Eventually one officer said, 'We're letting you go. You can't come back. If you come back, you will be arrested.' That at least appears to be a violation of a 2022 California law that specifically protects the rights of journalists to cover protests in areas closed by police. Watch that moment below: Carroll later explained, 'I was walking over to the officer, tried to explain who I was, identified who I was with. He said, I'd like you to turn around. I turned around, I put my hands behind my back. They did not put me in zip ties, but they did grab both my hands as I was escorted over to the side, they said, you are being detained while we lead you out of this area, you are not allowed in this area.' Carroll said he asked, 'am I being arrested, they said 'no you're not being arrested, you're being detained.'' CNN later said two camera operators were arrested outright, though their status isn't known at this time. Other journalists covering the protests in Los Angeles have been injured by law enforcement actions. The situation recalls the George Floyd protests in 2020 which featured several high profile incidents of police attacking journalists. One such attack resulted in a $1 million settlement. The post LAPD Briefly Detains CNN Reporter During Live Coverage of Protests | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
Daily Mail
10 hours ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Astonishing moment CNN host realizes reporter is being detained by cops during live segment from LA riots
A CNN reporter and his crew were briefly detained, forced out of an area of the Los Angeles riots and warned by police if he trespassed again he would be arrested. Just after midnight, live coverage of the chaos was briefly interrupted as an anchor Laura Coates could hear someone speaking to police. Jason Carroll, a national correspondent covering the anti-ICE riots in his native California, was on the ground when suddenly he was confronted by law enforcement. Coates interrupted CNN law enforcement and intelligence analyst John Miller: 'Wait one second, John. Hold on. I want to get Jason. What's going on? I hear you. What am I seeing? Jason Carroll being... What? What happened? Jason?' Carroll finally speaks while talking to a member of law enforcement attempting to remove him from the area. 'I am being detained. I am being detained, Laura,' he said to Coates, before turning to the officer and asking: 'I am not being arrested, correct?' One officer can be heard asking if Carroll heard what another officer told him, which the reporter says he could not hear. 'We're letting you go but you can't come back here, because then if you come back in, you go,' suggesting he would be arrested if he returned. Carroll agrees and thanks the officer before telling him to 'take care.' Before the reporter can explain what happened, he is stopped by another journalist who describes himself as being from The New York Times. 'I'm Chris with the New York Times. We got video of you guys, if you need it later,' the second reporter said. Carroll thanks the New York Times employee and then describes what had just happened. 'I was called over, and the officer told me to put my hands behind my back,' he said. Carroll asked the officer if he was being arrested before being told he was merely detained. 'I was walked out of the area. They took down my information,' he added before his audio is lost. A few minutes later, Coates reestablishes contact with Carroll and he gets into more detail. 'They did not put me in zip ties, but they did grab both my hands as I was escorted over to the side,' he said. Carroll described what occurred as one of the 'risks' that the press takes to cover these stories, though he admitted it was 'low on that sort of scale.' 'It is something that I wasn't expecting simply because we've been out here all day,' Carroll said. He noted that typically, officers usually recognize that 'the press is there doing a job.' Carroll then returned to reporting on those who were being arrested for not dispersing from the area. The network later reported that other members of Carroll's crew were also briefly detained and forced to leave the protest zone. Two security personnel for CNN were also detained Monday night but were not charged, they said. Carroll has been with the network for well over a decade. has reached out to CNN for comment. At least 74 people have been arrested in connection with riots of over the weekend with more to come as the chaos continues to rage across the streets of California's biggest city At least 74 people have been arrested in connection with riots of over the weekend with more to come as the chaos continues to rage across the streets of California's biggest city. Hundreds of Marines have been mobilized to Los Angeles after Donald Trump sent National Guard troops to quell the immigration protests. Chaos erupted after protesters clashed with immigration officials across downtown Los Angeles over the weekend, leading to three days of violence and Looters targeted businesses across the city amid the demonstrations, which saw cars torched and security forces firing tear gas at rioters. Despite the National Guard's presence, the military is set to temporarily deploy about 700 Marines from the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms to the city. It is unclear what grounds the administration used to send the troops, but for now, the Insurrection Act is not expected to be invoked. California officials have been slammed for their handling of the riots as an understaffed police department struggles to quell the violence. Gov. Gavin Newsom launched a lawsuit against the Trump Administration for unlawfully' deploying another 2,000 National Guard troops. Trump told reporters he would support border czar Tom Homan if he arrested the 'criminal' governor. 'I would do it,' the president said when asked about Newsom daring his administration to arrest him. 'I like Gavin Newsom; he's a nice guy, but he's grossly incompetent, everybody knows it,' the president added.
