Constitutional Law

University of Kentucky Students Rounded Up In RNC Protests Are Released From Jail

University of Kentucky journalists were released earlier today from a St.Paul, Minn., jail, The Courier-Journal, a Louisville, Ky., daily, reported. Three photographers associated with the University of Kentucky’s student newspaper, Kentucky Kernel, were arrested yesterday outside the Xcel Center for allegedly rioting. The student newspaper’s editor, Brad Luttrell, told The Courier-Journal that the photographers were not on assignment for the newspaper, but were there to document protests taking place during the Republican National Convention. He added that the students had press passes visible in an effort to avoid being tagged as protestors. “We knew the police would be out in force,” Luttrell said. “We talked about how to be careful. We know photographers can get arrested.” No formal charges have been lodged against the three, Kentucky Kernel photography adviser James Winn, a University of Kentucky sophomore Britney McIntosh and senior Edward Matthews. According to The New York Times more than 250 arrests have been made in St. Paul related to the protests.

Full post as published by ACS Blog on September 03, 2008 (boomark / email).