The Guild Protests Journalists Arrested During Inauguration

In a letter to the Department of Justice Acting Attorney General, β€œThe Executive Council of The NewsGuild-CWA calls for the immediate production of any evidence or grounds for detaining the six journalists who were arrested during the presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C. on January 20, 2017. If no evidence supporting these detentions is produced, The NewsGuild demands that all charges against them be dropped. Further, all personnel involved in policing public protests should be trained in the fundamental necessity β€” and legally protected right β€” of a free press to perform its duties without harassment or interference.” https://goo.gl/f9bKGw