ICE Arrests the Press
7 hours ago
- #Photojournalism
- #ICE Protest
- #Press Freedom
- Photojournalist Dave Decker was arrested while covering a protest outside an ICE facility in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
- Decker was on assignment for three media outlets when he was among 30 people arrested at the event.
- Despite wearing press credentials, Decker was handcuffed without warning while documenting the protest.
- His camera gear was impounded, and he faces charges of trespassing and resisting an officer without violence.
- A GoFundMe campaign has been set up to help Decker with bond and recovering his equipment.
- Decker has faced previous adversity, including being shot with pepper balls by federal officers in Illinois.
- A federal judge has temporarily barred Homeland Security from using riot control weapons on journalists in Chicago.