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Journalist Alan Weisman arrested, strip-searched while covering anti-pipeline protest in Minnesota by Scottiestoybox

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Journalist Alan Weisman arrested, strip-searched while covering anti-pipeline protest in Minnesota

https://cpj.org/2021/06/journalist-alan-weisman-arrested-strip-searched-while-covering-anti-pipeline-protest-in-minnesota/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Washington, D.C., June 11, 2021 — Authorities in Minnesota’s Hubbard County should explain their reasoning for detaining and strip-searching journalist Alan Weisman and drop all charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

At about 5 p.m. on June 7, an officer with the local sheriff’s department in Hubbard County, Minnesota, arrested Weisman, a freelance journalist on assignment for the Los Angeles Times,while he was covering a protest against the construction of an oil pipeline, according to the journalist, who spoke to CPJ in a phone interview.

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