Ellison opposes motion to exempt journalists from arrest during protests

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5. see this: Gov exempted journalists from nightly curfews but not from orders from law enforcement....

https://minnesotareformer.com/briefs/ellison-opposes-motion-to-exempt-journalists-from-arrest-during-protests/
.........In the motion for a temporary restraining order, six journalists and the Communications Workers of America union say they and other media were targeted by police during the summer George Floyd protests. MPD and State Patrol said that journalists put themselves in danger by remaining in the dispersal area as protestors got violent.

During a protest in Brooklyn Center on Monday, police and National Guard issued dispersal orders of the media, herding them to a new coverage location near the police station. But some didn’t comply.

The Governor’s Executive Order issued Monday, which created nightly curfews, exempted media from the curfew but didn’t exempt them from orders by law enforcement.

Ellison’s office argues “No one, including curfew-exempted members of the media, is entitled to remain in an area subject to a lawful dispersal order.”