Exclusive: First Journalist Arrested and Charged Over US Protests Tells His Story

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A British press photographer who was arrested and charged while covering protests in New York told us: “there is a concerted effort to silence the press in the USA”.

Adam Gray, 33, a New York-based photojournalist had been taking photographs at rallies in the city. He was thrown to the ground by police with several officers climbing on top of him in order to restrain him and force him into handcuffs.

Despite showing his press pass, issued to him by the US State Department at the UN Plaza, Adam was arrested and put into a police vehicle.

He was charged with unlawful assembly near Union Square and spent twelve hours in custody - one of the first journalists to be charged while reporting on police brutality in the country.

He said despite covering many protests, he had never been grabbed by police before.

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