Journalist Held by ICE Speaks: 'Without a Doubt' I Was Targeted for My Work
Source: The Daily Beast
‘I was doing my work and nothing more, like any other journalist does,’ Manuel Duran told The Daily Beast of his April arrest by local police and then ICE officials.
RACHEL FRAZIN
07.09.18 5:16 AM ET
What started out as a “just another day” in Memphis-based journalist Manuel Duran’s life ended in his arrest by local police and transfer to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The arrest, Duran claims, was retaliation for his reporting about local police actions.
Duran, 42, who is sometimes listed as Duran Ortega, was covering a Memphis protest in April when he was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and obstructing a highway or passageway. In a video taken of the incident, Duran appears to be wearing a press badge and was not the only journalist in the street.
After the charges were dropped, Duran was released from the Shelby County jail and ICE agents were there waiting to arrest him, the county sheriff’s spokesperson Earle Farrell said. A Memphis Police arrest report claimed that Duran’s refusal to get out of the road “caused a hazard.” It also mentioned that he did not have a U.S. identification.
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