Things got violent last night in Baltimore with more riots against police…um, violence. Things weren’t safe for news reporters, either. It’s like rioters have no respect for journalists nowadays. [photo: Alex Wong/Getty]
Consider this footage from the Ruptly news agency, as a producer checking out Baltimore’s mayhem suddenly has her purse liberated by some protesters. We’ll give her credit for going after the thieves in this thrilling video with an instant justice ending…
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Yeah, good thing the cops were there. Things didn’t go so well for the activist who was filming the Ferguson riots and had his iPhone 6 stolen. Actually, Bassem Masri went on to say that he believed it was “a police agitator” who was responsible for his iPhone being seized. Let’s look back at that moment, too–and see if you think Bassem was right…
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