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| Police in Ferguson arrest Getty photographer Scott Olson | Police in Ferguson arrest Getty photographer Scott Olson |
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| Police in Ferguson arrested a veteran Getty photographer, Scott Olson, on Monday. | Police in Ferguson arrested a veteran Getty photographer, Scott Olson, on Monday. |
| Another Getty photographer pictured Olson being led away by officers from the Missouri state highway patrol. Police were preventing people from gathering in the area, and Olson is thought to have declined a request to move on . | Another Getty photographer pictured Olson being led away by officers from the Missouri state highway patrol. Police were preventing people from gathering in the area, and Olson is thought to have declined a request to move on . |
| It was the second time that police have arrested journalists covering the Ferguson protests. Last week Ryan J Reilly of the Huffington Post and Wesley Lowery of the Washington Post were detained for several hours. | It was the second time that police have arrested journalists covering the Ferguson protests. Last week Ryan J Reilly of the Huffington Post and Wesley Lowery of the Washington Post were detained for several hours. |
| Photographer, who told bystanders he wS working for Getty, was just arrested in #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/sI1vInJizi | Photographer, who told bystanders he wS working for Getty, was just arrested in #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/sI1vInJizi |
| Police in Ferguson had been preventing crowds from gathering on the streets in Ferguson on Monday. | Police in Ferguson had been preventing crowds from gathering on the streets in Ferguson on Monday. |
| Pancho Bernasconi, vice-president for news at Getty Images, said: “Getty Images staff photographer Scott Olson was arrested this afternoon in Ferguson, Missouri, while on assignment documenting the events there. We at Getty Images stand firmly behind our colleague Scott Olson and the right to report from Ferguson. Getty Images is working to secure his release as soon as possible. | |
| “We strongly object to his arrest and are committed to ensuring he is able to resume his important work of capturing some of the most iconic images of this news story.” | |
| A spokesman for the St Louis county police said that an an “organised protest zone” would be established close to the convenience store where unarmed teenager Michael Brown allegedly stole cigars minutes before he was shot by a police officer. Media would be permitted to view the zone from another area opposite it. Olson was across the street from the press area when he was detained. | A spokesman for the St Louis county police said that an an “organised protest zone” would be established close to the convenience store where unarmed teenager Michael Brown allegedly stole cigars minutes before he was shot by a police officer. Media would be permitted to view the zone from another area opposite it. Olson was across the street from the press area when he was detained. |
| Barack Obama condemned the arrest of journalists in Ferguson last week. “Police should not be bullying or arresting journalists just trying to do their jobs,” he said then. | Barack Obama condemned the arrest of journalists in Ferguson last week. “Police should not be bullying or arresting journalists just trying to do their jobs,” he said then. |
| Authorities in Ferguson later signed a court declaration pledging not to arrest journalists covering the protests, unless they posed a threat to public safety or were obstructing police. | Authorities in Ferguson later signed a court declaration pledging not to arrest journalists covering the protests, unless they posed a threat to public safety or were obstructing police. |
| So what happens now that the police in #Ferguson have violated this signed court agreement not to arrest journalists? pic.twitter.com/hRkedBuy7w | So what happens now that the police in #Ferguson have violated this signed court agreement not to arrest journalists? pic.twitter.com/hRkedBuy7w |
| Olson has taken many of the iconic pictures of the Ferguson protests. | Olson has taken many of the iconic pictures of the Ferguson protests. |