[Peace-discuss] Re: IMC reporter kicked out of CPD briefing

[Karen Medina]

Peace Discuss,

This is not really related to the discussion of who is a journalist, but it reminded me of another issue. 

The same officer that approached Brian Donilar was also at the Champaign School Board meeting several months ago. There were at least 2 armed officers at the door and another armed officer sitting in the room. The topic of that evening concerned a proposal to start a charter school. Most of the audience was African American. I don't think the police were there to control the school board members.

The school board meeting was being videotaped, and there were several people who were obviously monitoring the videotaping and not interested in the meeting itself (ie I think they were being paid to do the videotaping). But for some odd reason the videotaping machine failed to produce a video that evening. 

-karen medina