Amy Goodman Arrested at RNC

Journalist and Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was arrested earlier today at the Republican National Convention. Apparently she was arrested while attempting to assist her colleagues who were themselves being arrested while covering protests at the convention. She and Democracy Now! producers Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar are now in the Ramsey County jail in St. Paul. There's more info and how to help free Goodman and her colleagues here, and a video of Goodman's arrest here.

Goodman was obviously not causing any sort of disruption. The fact that she, a journalist, was arrested while covering the protest is not only a disservice to her but an attack on the free press. Citizens have a right to know that protests like this are going on and hear what their fellow Americans have to say. It is enraging and scary that this can happen so easily.