This is VERY alarming.
Cops and prosecutors have dreamed up plenty of convoluted theories to criminalize journalism, but the NYPD charging a reporter with a hate crime for documenting news has to be one of the most outrageous yet.
https://apnews.com/article/gaza-nypd-sam-seligson-brooklyn-museum-eea8ee12248d38d856fe5cabcac7a0d1
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