@HuffingtonPost reporter @ryanjreilly arrested when police closed Ferguson McDonalds. #MikeBrown #Ferguson
Reporters Wesley Lowery of the Washington Post and Ryan J. Reilly of the Huffington Post were working inside a McDonald's in Ferguson, Mo., on Wednesday when officers arrived and arrested the two journalists.
SWAT just invade McDonald's where I'm working/recharging. Asked for ID when I took photo.
Police come into McD where me and @ryanjreilly working. Try to kick everyone out.
"We cannot guarantee your safety. We will not be answering 911 calls"
Photo of reporter I believe to be @ryanjreilly being cuffed and put in a police van minutes ago in #Ferguson
Information on the status of the two men was not immediately available.
I just called Ferguson police chief to ask about @WesleyLowery and @ryanjreilly, told him what I knew. His response: "Oh, God."
Called #ferguson police to ask abt our reporter @ryanjreilly being arrested. Told they couldn't tell me. I asked for his name. He hung up.
The two reporters later confirmed on Twitter they were taken into custody and released.
Well, @WesleyLowery and I have been released. That was an experience.
The Ferguson police chief told a Los Angeles Times reporter that St. Louis County officials were handling operations.
Ferguson chief tells me @WesleyLowery and @ryanjreilly's arresters were "probably somebody who didn't know better."
I just talked to the Ferguson chief again about Wes and Ryan. "I told them to release them," he said of the riot command.
Lowery detailed the arrest and a use of force by at least one officer against him.
Officers decided we weren't leaving McDonalds quickly enough, shouldn't have been taping them.
Officers slammed me into a fountain soda machine because I was confused about which door they were asking me to walk out of
As he was arrested, he said he saw a black man in the back of a police truck who was refused paramedics.
"I'm dying. I'm dying. Please call help he screamed." They mocked him
He was not given the names of any of the officers involved.
Detained, booked, given answers to no questions. Then just let out
"The chief thought he was doing you a favor" - police officer tells me about release. With no charges, no police report
It's as if the arrest and the assaults never took place. Just opened the doors and let is out as if we'd let it go
The treatment they received from police was far better than that of others in Ferguson, Lowery noted.
I'm emotional, but need to note: Ryan and I are fine. Have seen people in Ferguson hurt by gas/rubber bullets. This wasn't that
Lowery captured video of his arrest Wednesday inside the McDonald's.
Marty Baron, executive editor of the Washington Post, released a statement condemning the arrest of Lowery, saying "there was absolutely no justification for his arrest."
My statement on arrest of @wesleylowery in Ferguson: "assault on the freedom of the press to cover the news" http://t.co/APWzcLdWVI