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2 AP Reporters Shoved by NYPD, Forced to Stop Covering Protests

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The Associated Press reported Wednesday on the treatment of two of its reporters by New York Police Department officers during Tuesday night’s protests.

The officers “surrounded, shoved and yelled expletives at” the journalists, according to the AP. Videojournalist Robert Bumsted caught some of the incident on camera and the footage shows more than a half-dozen officers confronting the duo as they reported on officers’ efforts to enforce a new 8 p.m.

ET curfew enacted after days of unrest in America. When ordered to leave, Bumsted is heard explaining that as “essential workers,” the press is exempt from the curfew. “I don’t give a s—,” responds one officer. “Get the f— out of here you piece of s—,” says another.

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