teleSUR Host Abby Martin Talks About Violent Arrest at DNC
Martin was covering the DNC protests in Philadelphia for teleSUR.
Abby Martin, host of
"Empire Files," was released by police on Monday after a violent arrest
while covering DNC protests for teleSUR, but says that many more wait to
be processed after "mass marches, mass protests and mass arrests and
detentions," despite police reports that no arrests have been made at
the DNC.
Martin was on her way to a "Democracy Spring" event where there were
reports of civil disobedience and arrests being made. The police had
closed off all streets surrounding the action and directed Martin to an
exit, where she was arrested for a lack of credentials. She and her
producer, Mike Prysner, unknowingly entered an area where only those
with credentials are allowed.
The police stopped them and told them to leave the area. As they were
complying and leaving the area, another police officer grabbed Martin,
twisted her arm, tore her dress and arrested her for "disorderly
conduct."
Three cops
"aggressively manhandled me," she said, before throwing her in a police
van and driving her to an elementary school to be processed alongside
many protesters that had participated in the Democracy Spring action and
others.
"I was just trying to accept my fate and how unreal what was
happening was," said Martin. "I just kept thinking about what people go
through" in aggressive arrests every day in the U.S.
"It’s just really
stunning to go through that experience and to know that this is what
police do to people every day in this country."
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