Snopes reports
Six journalists could spend up to 10 years in prison after being arrested during protests against President Donald Trump's inauguration.
The Guardian identified the journalists as freelancer Aaron CantĂș; Vocativ senior producer Evan Engel; Jack Keller, producer for the online documentary Story of America; independent journalists Matt Hopard and Shay Horse; and RT America reporter Alex Rubinstein.
The group was charged under a District of Columbia statute penalizing "every person who willfully incited or urged others to engage" in a riot causing more than $5,000 in property damage with the potential 10-year prison sentence and a fine of up to $25,000. More than 200 people in total were arrested the day of the 20 January 2017 inauguration; they were reportedly arraigned the following day and will be back in court in February and March.
[...] Another independent journalist and documentarian, Tim Pool, said on Twitter that he and two NBC News journalists were also arrested during the 20 January 2017 demonstrations but released without charges. Pool said that a supervising officer told him "no less than three times" that they were under arrest. NBC News has not responded to our request for comment regarding Pool's account.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 27 2017, @01:39AM
Europeans are similar enough that the problems don't last. Even the East Asians are not much trouble -- the culture may look alien but it isn't 3rd world. After a bit of initial discomfort, we can merge in people from Europe or East Asia.
The 3rd world is another matter entirely, particularly the parts with Islam. That doesn't smooth out with time. It festers. There is no place on Earth where significant numbers of muslims live peacefully with non-muslims or even other types of muslims. There is no part of Africa that isn't horrid, despite numerous countries with distinct histories.