Russian News Outlet Releases Video of Reporter ‘Injured’ by U.S. Police
- Posted on November 24, 2010 at 12:41am by
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A Russian TV reporter claims that she and her cameraman were wrongfully arrested and detained by local police Saturday at a protest demonstration outside Fort Benning in western Georgia (top video below). On Tuesday, the same reporter claimed that she experienced “cruel treatment” at the hands of local police authorities (see bottom video below) as they handcuffed her at the scene.
The Washington-based pair of Russia Today journalists were arrested with at least 20 others on charges that they violated state and local laws governing public protests.
The protest event is an annual occurrence outside the U.S. military school which trains Latin American military officers. Protestors claim the school’s graduates have used their training to commit human rights abuses.
The reporter, Kaelyn Forde, took to the Russia Today airwaves Monday, condemning their arrest as “very unacceptable.” According to Forde, she and her cameraman were only on the scene to cover the story and local police specifically targeted people who were “filming and documenting” the protest for arrest.
In addition, Russia Today claims its crew members were detained for 32 hours and forced to pay a fine after being arrested, “despite complying with the police demand not to come close to the gates of the base,” the network reported.
On Tuesday, the network released more video and claimed that their journalists had been injured by the “cruel treatment” they were subjected to:
The video shows Forde being handcuffed as she tells the police she’s a member of the press. Forde complains to the police officers that she doesn‘t know why she’s being arrested and that her handcuffs are “too tight.”
The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reported police also threatened to arrest one of its reporters covering the demonstration.
Muscogee County jail records show Forde and Conway were jailed for 29 hours before they were released Sunday on $1,300 bond each. The police department had no comment for the AP Tuesday.
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Comments (72)
Ray2447
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 6:29amThey’d get a much warmer reception in Los Angeles on May Day, when communists, marxists, socialists, democrats, progressives, war on terror protesters, unions, illegal immigrants, anarchists, college instructors, college students, and others march in the annual May Day parade.
Report Post »quicker
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 6:16amWhen you run with the bulls you may get a horn in the poop shute.
Report Post »SilentReader
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 5:29amShe’s a bad actor.
Report Post »charliego
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 4:37amDOES this not reek slightly of being a setup situation? I am a little senile, but wasn’t it Russia who beat the living daylights out of 2 journalists (at least the ones we know about)? You know, folks, we are becoming the laughingstock of the world. Just recently we were listed on the Committee that investigates Human Right Abuses. Countries like Russia, Iran, North Korea, Libya, I believe, were several members on this panel. I wish I could recall the main points that each country gave for chastising us for our abuses, but truly those reasons were ludicrous!!! We may do stupid stuff, but we try to correct the error of our ways without being blacklisted by ‘pots calling the kettle black.’
Report Post »It is apparent that other nations are efforting to break us down, bring us to our knees, and mock us for the purpose of —-who knows. We are vulnerable because that is exactly what our OWN government is trying to do—ostensibly to fit us into the NEW WORLD ORDER..? pattern. It is back to making all nations equal–like in our schools. Destroy achievement, can do spirit, success by saying that those who do not try or flunk get second-third chances for their mediocrity and no effort should have the same as those who work their derrieres off. Equality of opportunity vs equality of condition. I am ENTITLED . How they have turned effort and hard work upside down on its head.
Folks, our chances are getting to be slim and none if we do not regain our country’s BACKBONE and CAN DO spirit. All those before us—what must they be thinking about this generation? Is this what we want? thank you
NJartificer
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 4:27amSecond run of the video tells it all. BUH BUY LIAR
Report Post »wash1776
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 3:27amYeah! We really believe the Russians, don’t we?
Report Post »Cuthalu
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 2:51amThis is all an act to draw attention away from them since they routinely beat and kill their own reporters, or the ones that don’t play along nicely for the Russian government/mob.
Report Post »timej31
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 2:46amBut of course are you shocked? Hugo Chavez has them here to. And China. This isnt media. They are here to nudge.
Report Post »ChuckNorton1
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 2:44amRussia Today enjoys making America look bad. They feature nutty psychics from California and present them as normal Americans etc etc. Maybe the RT reporter did something wrong off video and perhaps she didn’t, but one thing is for sure, the police very foolishly gave RT exactly what they wanted, an excuse to show that America is a police state that has no respect for its highest law in the First Amendment. RT is small time here but in Russia, Europe and Southern Asia they have a large following.
Report Post »blacksmith
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 7:03pmIf she was breaking the law what should the police have done? Should they just ignore her and hope she stops? A press pass is not an allaccess backstage pass for a concert folks! If a reporter steps over the line they should be treated just as any other citizen that breaks the law. They are no better than anyone else. This is the way crooked politicians,actors and sports figures should be treated if they break the law. Just like everyone else. Stop acting ias if these people are royalty and letting them get away with things because they are special. We ran royalty out of this country a long time ago for a erason.
Report Post »ChuckNorton1
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 9:49pmSounds nice in theory Blacksmith, but look at the result. And the damage done is not worth any arrest at that protest. Many police are taught how to deal with the press and this is why.
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 11:50pmThey sure give RT enough ammo don’t they?
A simple google search reveals TONS of examples of police violence towards American civilians.
Report Post »ThoreauHD
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 2:28amShe is a plant.
Report Post »HumanDoing
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 2:14amIs there a story that isn’t weird anymore. To me it seems so easy to spot…it cant just be me, but its like bad, campy theater. these silly tactics. I was treated rougher at 13 when i was playing with matches in a neighbors yard, cop yelled stop, I ran, he took me down…and OMG he even put me in a squad car…THE HORROR…When he took me home to my parents, I was crying too…that was back when your parents took the side of the officer, not said, Why you messing with my kid Pig! How things have changed huh? Its time to refind our way
On a side note .. I am trying to figure out why..Jerry Springer kept ringing in my thought while watching this…maybe the bad acting i remember from those shows
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 1:56amIf DEEZ NUTS are touched by a TSA agent, I‘m collapsing on the floor and acting like it’s the most sensitive package in the world, and I’m yelling assualt, rape, violation, and every other word I can think of.
What are they going to do? Arrest you for disorderly conduct?
I just got kung-fu chopped in the nuts man.
Oh it wasn’t hard at all?
Tell that to these big fat sensitive nuts.
I’m suing.
Report Post »Audax_23
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 1:53amEnough with the dramatics. It was like watching a soap opera; BAD ACTING. I would take her more seriously if she didn’t over play it so much. Notice how she was the only one on the bus crying like a baby. The teenagers weren’t even making a big stink. So far it’s only her side of the story and it smells awful.
Report Post »javablanca
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 1:40amfunny, the US arrests a reporter and its an ‘outrage’ in Russia while the MURDER of russian reporters by NKVD ?…..pin drop…
Report Post »calijohn
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 1:46amnkvd?
Report Post »how out of touch are you?
a rhetorical question.
calijohn
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 1:31amdick cheney should be in prison, along with ollie north and george bush.
Report Post »palin is an idiot.
this had nothng to do with the story, but neither does anything glen beck says have anything to do with fact.
HumanDoing
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 1:53amFact is you showed up to post about it… pot calling the kettle black methinks
Report Post »komponist-ZAH
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 4:46am@calijohn–
Instead of making unsubstantiated–oh sorry, big word, let me rephrase for you– Instead of making claims not backed up with specifics, why not engage in honest, open debate? Afraid you’ll be exposed as a fool, perhaps?
@fellow blazers–
Report Post »Does anyone know if there is site where the facts and sources Glenn uses are listed? If there isn’t, perhaps we should start one. Just a thought, for those still in denial, and for us, so we we can point them to somewhere that they can see the facts for themselves instead of getting caught up in pointless circular arguments.
jordy 2010
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 6:46pmHey doode………. when I want your opinion I’ll fart…ok???
Report Post »BeerTek
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 1:21amI’m very suspicious of this video. Why wouldn’t they show the video that shows she was asked to move across the street. You think this would further support her argument. She stated during the interview that there are several surveillance videos of this protest. How come we don’t have this to view?
Report Post »calijohn
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 1:36amsurveillance videos? ya think the government ran the cameras?
Report Post »Galt wanna be
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 1:18amA lesson to all: Be first to play hurt and frightened and you win. Ohh…the drama. I only pray that when it all hits the fan, the police in this country know which side really supports them. Classic game, pretend to be the injured party as fast as you can. “Oh how your eye hurt my fist!”
Report Post »Randyrocker
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 1:15amAmerica is just showing to the world how tough, cruel and indifferent it can be to its own citizens. By treating Americans like cattle, feeling them up, groping them, arresting reporters and going after American children and women at the nation’s airports, turning the country into a Police State, Peace Prize ha ha ha Obama is trying to send a message to the rest of the world just how tough and how much of a tyrant he can be in the Homeland. So if you other countries, can only start to see just how corrupt and coercive and criminal his administration can be with his own people, here in the United States of America, you will shiver in your boots should he dare to attack you and do the same to your populace. This Obama guy has got it down to a fine art by now, he knows the way of the jungle and he’s applying that mindset amongst his very own people. Training them to cooperate and bow down to tyrants as he has shown the people when he bowed down before them on his international tours. He is using his fat lady to sing for her supper by having you sing her tune too. Obama’s a fine piece of work he is, and the legacy he‘s leaving behind him when he’s finally out of office, if that ever happens, will be one of misery and an exhausted public who had to live like the blacks of yesterday and feel the pain of the slavery he inflicted upon them while he was in office.
Report Post »The United States of America elected a shoe shine boy and man do they regret it, now all they can do is watch him try to look tough and get mad, because he feels like he wasn‘t tipped the dime he feels he was owed for spending all of America’s money in the trillions hoping when he smiles his pearlies at you, you will admire and like the shine.
Sinista Mace
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 1:07amRodney King!
Oscar Grant!
That random white guy riding his bike in the street in New York!!
Welcome to the Police State!
This way to the cavity search!
Bend over and give me 2 good coughs!
Now reach over and under and lift up those nuts and breasts!
Yea!!
Open your MOUTH!
Let me run my fingers around in there!!
Yea!!
To Protect and Serve!
blacksmith
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 7:11pmMost of the people I know have never been arrested or hasseled by the police. People don’t get police attention by accident. I don’t believe that the police are out there and say” let’s screw with this guy today”. If you break the law you will have a negative contact with the police. You post on here like you have a big chip on your shoulder. Every contact I have ever had with the police I had it coming. It is called personal reponsibility. You might want to try some of it and stop blaming the cops.
Report Post »koyettsu
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 1:06amWell here we go, the press now being arrested because progressives think they know best. It is going to get rough here folk, just stay strong and keep sight of our freedoms regardless of what they say.
Report Post »ExpertShot
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 5:09amActually, I lived in Columbus for 7 years & this JOKE they call a “protest” has been going on for 20 years. The people (environmentalists, hippies, people who have nothing better to do other than protest, etc) who show up to this are the progressives, not the police. The “school” (School of the Americas) they are protesting closed years ago, it’s totally been re-vamped & they invite the protesters on post every year to take a tour & ask questions so they can be educated about what they really do. Some of the protesters take the tour but the majority of them are there to cover themselves in fake blood, carry coffins, lie down in the middle of the road & climb over (or cut) the fences of Ft. Benning (which is what most of them are actually arrested for). We used to cringe every year, having to see the nasty hippie chicks with armpit hair longer than most men have. I know there can be rogue cops; however, I’ve NEVER heard of any issues with the police at this protest until this year…kind of a strange coincidence there’d be these accusations at the same time the communists/socialists/marxists are taking their masks off don’t you think?
Report Post »komponist-ZAH
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 5:33am@Expertshot–
Report Post »People–especially “progressives”–will protest anything. The hypocrisy is astounding, though isn’t it? I mean, the left will scream about how dangerous and/or crazy the T.E.A. Partiers are when they gather with “Audit the Fed” signs, but the anti-war hippies and animal rights loons are oh so brave when they throw blood on themselves and destroy public and private property.
ExpertShot
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 5:57am@Komponist-Zah
Report Post »EXACTLY, you hit the nail on the head & they’ll be outside the Federal courthouse in February as well, when the sentencing is going on for those arrested. These are the same folks who spit on our Soldiers, in fact, the Soldiers are strongly encouraged not to go down to the protest b/c if they did, someone would probably get hurt really badly (Benning is home of the Rangers & Infantry, if you get my drift). The city of Columbus is great though, they got tired of seeing these idiots show up & started a counter-rally across the street, to show support for the troops….it outgrew the SOA protest the second year & they had to move it to a bigger spot. I wish I could move back there, if only the Army would cooperate & send my husband there…lol.
BurntHills
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 1:05amtypical commies and typical commie tactics. wonder what obama did to piss them off. haw.
Report Post »rogerroger
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 1:01amYou’d think Russians would all be for putting down dissent. Times have changed.
On a serious note, why no raw footage? Where is the footage with audio leading up to the arrests? Pictures only give part of the story and we have to rely on her word for the rest. Sorry, but based on previous coverage by this outlet, credibility is always questionable. Reporters getting in with the protesters is not an unheard of phenomenon.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 12:53amNow the lotionlovers @ spooky doode’s media club will have to go into full attack mode against US authorities. The freedom of Russian press is in grave danger
Report Post »UseYourBrain
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 9:52amThey are american correspondents for the Russian Times Dumb@#$!
Report Post »New-American-Saviors
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 12:49amIt’s hard to argue with the fact that those foreign trainees probably do use the tactics against Us and everyone else. Who needs espionage. They’ll Teach you to Fly a Plane here. Give you a free pass accross the Border. AND Welfare. Welcome to the New USA. UNTIL we stand UP !
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 1:10amWe had better stand up soon before we are shackled and cannot stand.
PatriotShops.com
TruthTalker
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 12:46amInsane! They were treated like Obama era Americans!
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 1:00amThree possibilities come to mind right off…
1. Russian agents sent in to stir up trouble as news crew.
2. Obama administration set up the incident for the future usage of.
3. Soros sponsored action.
Obama will use this in some fashion, since him and the Progressives have been on a tear lately about the ‘extremists’ of Fox (no suprise) and one of ‘MSNBC’. Look for the blasted net neutrality and equal air time junk to pass before the new congress comes in this january. Something is going to set up the incident they will use to shut down the internet and every ‘enemy of the state.’
Report Post »artoruby
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 4:14amLook at the first few seconds of the on camera in-studio interview of Forde – she’s vigourously pulling her sleeves down over her wrists and over bracelets on her wrists:
Report Post »– if she had had marks from those handcuffs that made her cry she would be displaying them proudly on camera.
– If her wrists were injured wouldn‘t they be tender and wouldn’t the bracelets hurt?
– she’s hiding her wrists cuz THERE ARE NO MARKS.
firstamend
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 4:21amThe first video starts at a very convenient point, they never show what she really got arrested for. Then in the second video, the officers help in a pretty timely manner and the girl was just freaking out for the camera (she’s a good actor)
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 7:03amShe doesn’t look anything like the Russian newsman who had to be put into a coma after being beaten to near death in Russia. Send her back, one way, and let’s see how things go for her there.
Report Post »blacksmith
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 6:46pmI did’nt know that after you are arrested that you get to keep your video camera and can continue to film with your hands cuffed. Also notice in the video that some girls are cuffed in the front and the reporter is cuffed in the back. This entire video has the look and feel of something that is staged. She states that the police were interviewed but she shows no footage of any interviews.
Report Post »leftiesaredangerous
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 9:55amOh my gosh, what a load of crap.
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 10:38amIve been arrested once or twice myelf… In my younger days. The police put the cuff or zip ties on tight so you dont get out of them and KILL the officer.
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