WeAreChange founder and activist Luke Rudkowski was arrested at the Hilton Hotel on Manhattan today for attempting to question New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg about his refusal to pay for the health care of 9/11 first responders. Rudkowski had Infowars press credentials and a video camera when he was singled out by Bloomberg’s security in the lobby of the hotel located at West 53rd Street and Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue). According to a post on the WeAreChange blog Rudkowski and other members of WeAreChange were confronted and asked questions by hotel security and Bloomberg’s security detail. Rudkowski was apparently singled out and forcibly detained at the hotel and subsequently handed over to the New York Police, who arrested him on a charge of trespassing. Rudkowski was also charged with impersonating a member of the press. http://waronyou.com/topics/luke-rudkowski-arrested-for-attempting-to-question-mayor-bloomberg/
That link is broken. FIXED. Thanks The arrest of journalists is a pretty basic abridgment of the First Amendment. We've seen it on the rise over the past few years, especially as the lines blur between coverage and activism, and net-based vs. traditional media. Amy Goodman suffered an arrest last fall at the Republican Convention. Jones and his organization need to hit hard at this sort of strong-arming and political discrimination.