ABC Reporter Arrested in Denver Taking Pictures of Senators, Big Donors

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http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Conventions/story?id=5668622&page=1


Asa Eslocker Was Investigating the Role of Lobbyists and Top Donors at the Convention
By BRIAN ROSS
Aug. 27, 2008


DENVER--Police in Denver arrested an ABC News producer today as he and a camera crew were attempting to take pictures on a public sidewalk of Democratic Senators and VIP donors leaving a private meeting at the Brown Palace Hotel.
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Police in Denver arrested an ABC News producer today as he and a camera crew were attempting to take pictures on a public sidewalk of Democratic Senators and VIP donors leaving a private meeting at the Brown's Palace Hotel.
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Police on the scene refused to tell ABC lawyers the charges against the producer, Asa Eslocker, who works with the ABC News investigative unit.

A cigar-smoking Denver police sergeant, accompanied by a team of five other officers, first put his hands on Eslocker's neck, then twisted the producers arm behind him to put on handcuffs.

A police official later told lawyers for ABC News that Eslocker is being charged with trespass, interference, and failure to follow a lawful order. He also said the arrest followed a signed complaint from the Brown Palace Hotel.

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[Sassy]

my gawd, it is getting worse & worse...  no free speech, sidewalks are not public space anymore... the police can do anything they want when it comes to protecting politicians & their handlers...

[apaknad]

looks like the denver gestapo is alive and well and following orders from the dem. party/vip doners(read bosses)

[Mad Dog]

The jack booted thugs are alive and well. Is this any surprise anymore? 

[glenn kangiser]

Not at all -- I keep contemplating a thread to talk about that but I keep resisting or avoiding the issue.

[Mad Dog]

Move along citizen, nothing to see here.

[glenn kangiser]

They forget they are public servants and in their own little minds they grow to be rulers.  Ones like this give the good ones a bad name.

[Mad Dog]

They forget they are public servants and in their own little minds they grow to be rulers.  Ones like this give the good ones a bad name.

My brother-in-law is a cop, and from what I've seen, a good portion are insecure in their own lives(personal experience).  It's like courage in a bottle for a drunk, except in this case, it's courage with a badge.  There are plenty of good cops, they are just overshadowed by the little Napolean's with a God complex.

[glenn kangiser]

I agree, Mad dog.  I have several good cop friends and don't care for the bad ones.