ABC News producer arrested in Denver

ABC News producer Asa Eslocker was arrested on Wednesday while working on a story outside Denver's Brown Palace Hotel during the Democratic National Convention. He was arrested on charges of interference, trespass and failure to obey a lawful order, according to The Associated Press.

August 28, 2008 11:45 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)

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By Mary on August 28, 2008 7:19 PM ET

Well, the old saying goes in this case, "We are all equal, but some are more "equal" than others!"

There was no call for the Denver police's actions. It what is the deal with a uniformed officer having a stogey in his mouth? Do they call that professionalism?

It seems as if more and more police instead of acting like peace officers are going out of their way to violate our Constitutional protections and acting like quasi-military.

Who pays for the public sidewalks if not the taxpayers? I did not look as if in the video that anyone was impeding people from entering the hotel.

The policeman who pushed the reporter out into traffic and into the street also created a dangerous scenerio. What if the reporter had been hit by a vehicle? Who would they have put the blame on?

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