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The producer and camera man were not so it was not strictly based on race. I just find it very convenient there is no other video of the arrest. They were probably the only camera crew around and the cops wanted them gone.

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Convenient for who?

Either of them. CNN essentially controls the story. The cops could have thought they could have quietly gotten rid a potential source of trouble.

The cops could have controlled the story by not arresting a journalism crew.

And that is a defense of the cops' actions how?

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