Just curious if any of the law enforcement types here have any experience with the press issue in situations like this. Seems like a tough spot for the cops on the ground, they aren't really in a place to be checking credentials and the press is quite entrenched into the group that's being evicted. Is there a usual way of removing people that allows for press to be left inside? Honestly seems like a very grey area with the way that press has come to mean any goofball kid with a blog by some definitions.
I'm not advocating suppression of the press by any means, just wondering how you deal with it in what is clearly a non traditional setting.
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