Journalists detained while covering Occupy Wall Street protests in Manhattan

Journalists detained while covering Occupy Wall Street protests in Manhattan: Associated Press, by Staff Posted By: JoniTx- Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:11:06 GMT NEW YORK — Journalists at the overnight raid of Occupy Wall Street’s New York encampment were kept at a distance from covering it Tuesday, and several were arrested, handcuffed and hauled onto police buses along with hundreds of protesters.(Snip) Reporter Karen Matthews and photographer Seth Wenig of The Associated Press in New York were taken into custody along with about eight other people after they followed protesters through an opening in a chain'link fence into a park, according to an AP reporter and other witnesses. Matthew Lysiak of the Daily News of New York was also arrested

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