MinnPost - AP photographer's last pre-arrest shot is a stunner
"I heard an officer say, 'What are we supposed to do with him?' And the arresting officer say, 'What do we charge him with?' It seemed they knew I was press but no one knew what to do. I was getting passed around but no one was willing to do anything."
The arrest report indicates Rourke was charged with "Riot — gross misdemeanor."
Rourke's boss, AP Director of Photography Santiago Lyon, isn't on opinion lockdown. Via email, he states, "It is unacceptable for a working, credentialed photojournalist to be detained in the manner that AP Photographer Matt Rourke was on Sept 1, 2008 in St. Paul. Upon ascertaining his status as a journalist, police should have released him immediately."
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