Oakland cops toss student journalist from news conference about John Beam’s death

Oakland cops toss student journalist from news conference about John Beam’s death

OAKLAND – With a camera slung across her shoulders and a notepad in hand, student journalist Nelzy Gonzalez-Zaragoza was ready to cover a police press conference about the devastating tragedy that had just struck Laney College. But moments before the Nov. 14 media event began, the Oakland Police Department barred the Peralta Citizen reporter from entering, a remarkable blockade against a college newspaper covering a national story about beloved …

Oakland cops toss student journalist from news conference about John Beam’s death

First Amendment advocates are now calling for an end to a policy requiring journalists to have police-issued credentials.

Oakland cops toss student journalist from news conference about John Beam’s death

OAKLAND – With a camera slung across her shoulders and a notepad in hand, student journalist Nelzy Gonzalez-Zaragoza was ready to cover a police press conference about the devastating tragedy that had just struck Laney College. But moments before the Nov. 14 media event began, the Oakland Police Department barred the Peralta Citizen reporter from entering, a remarkable blockade against a college newspaper covering a national story about beloved …