Arrest of reporter in Bridgeport was an abuse of power – The Day of New London
05/15/19 – Editorial The arrest by Bridgeport police of a news reporter who was doing her job covering a protest appears to be a gross abuse of power and a Read More …
Tag: First Amendment
Questions remain after arrests at Bridgeport protest – Connecticut Post
05/15/19 – By Tara O’Neill BRIDGEPORT — Little information on the arrest of 11 protestors in Bridgeport last week has been released by the city or its police department. (Read Read More …
Muffling the Media Won’t Work – New Haven Register
05/12/19 – By James Walker An incident between a reporter and Bridgeport police Thursday night should not only concern every journalist in the state of Connecticut but also sound a Read More …
Reporter detained while covering Bridgeport demonstration – Waterbury Republican-American
05/10/19 – By Martha Shanahan Police handcuffed and detained a reporter with Hearst Connecticut Media for about 30 minutes while she was on assignment covering a demonstration on the anniversary Read More …
Connecticut Post reporter detained while covering Bridgeport protest – Hartford Courant
05/11/19 – By Christine Dempsey A newspaper reporter who has covered controversies at the Bridgeport Police Department said she was handcuffed and taken into custody while covering a protest in Read More …
Connecticut law: Anyone can take videos of police actions – Connecticut Post
05/11/19 – By Ken Dixon Not only was a Hearst Connecticut Media reporter within her rights to take video of Bridgeport police Thursday night during a protest on the second Read More …
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer on the First Amendment – The Connecticut Forum, “An Evening with Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer”
Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer responds to audience questions about the First Amendment posed by moderator Norah O’Donnell. Breyer was a featured panelist at The Connecticut Forum, “An Evening Read More …
Immaculate, East Lyme and Greenwich students win top prizes; honorable mentions to Greenwich, Housatonic Trumbull and West Haven – 2014 CFOG Essay Contest
Daniel Hagan, a senior at Immaculate High School in Danbury, has won the first prize of $1,000 in this year’s Connecticut Foundation for Open Government (CFOG) high school essay contest. Read More …