Cop Pushes Reporter...

I think it's a fact that most people do not like reporters. Oh yes, there are those of you who adore Katie Couric and others who masquerade as journalists but that's beside the point. The point of this blog post is to show this video that I've gotten from YouTube. Personally, for me it is absolute disgusting to watch.

Now to put a little backstory behind this. Mayor of Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa is currently caught up in a scandal involving in an extra marital affair and just like any politician who's caught in a scandal they don't really want to talk about it. Well to make a long story short, the mayor was at an event at the Port of Los Angeles where understandably, he was hounded by reporters asking questions about the affair. Unfortunatly, one of the reporters, Alicia Unger of KAZA-TV, tried to run ahead of the pack and as you can see, one of the planiclothes police officers pushed her against a steel cargo container.

What was the response by the police? According to the LA Times: "Port Police Chief Ronald Boyd declined to comment on whether [the office] violated department policy by pushing the reporter against a cargo container." Interesting response. I had no idea that it was a policeman's job to push an unarmed female reporter against a steel object. And its quite obvious the gentleman enjoyed doing what he did. He's smiling after the fact. The sad thing is this didn't have to happen the way it did. This woman was trying to do her job which is asks questions. The police officer could've just held his ground to prevent her and the other reporters from going past whatever invisible line the mayor wished to be keep the reporters from crossing. It would be a bad day day for journalists if this police officer got away with what he did.