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Jeff Zucker
Tim Walz
Omar Jimenez
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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz Calls On-Air Arrest of CNN Journalist ‘Inexcusable’
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thewrap.comMinnesota governor Tim Walz called the arrest of a CNN journalist and field production crew “inexcusable” Friday morning, hours after Omar Jimenez and his colleagues were arrested and released while covering protests in Minneapolis. “This one is on me and I will own it,” Walz said. “Earlier this morning when this mission was carried out under my direction to re-secure the third precinct … a CNN reporter was — crew — was arrested by the state patrol.
A few minutes after hearing that, I was on a call with CNN president Jeff Zucker who demanded to know what happened. I take full responsibility.
There is absolutely no reason something like this should happen. Calls were made immediately. This is a very public apology to that team.
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state Minnesota
city Minneapolis
Jeff Zucker
Tim Walz
Omar Jimenez
Coronavirus
film
stars
2020
Minnesota
journalist
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