Media Can Avoid NYPD Arrest By Getting Press Pass They Can’t Get

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Media Can Avoid NYPD Arrest By Getting Press Pass They Can’t Get

A NYC spokesman says reporters should get an official press pass from the police to avoid getting arrested while covering Occupy Wall Street. He neglects to mention that the NYPD won’t issue press passes to cover the protests.

via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/11/nypd-occupy-press-pass/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired27b+%28Blog+-+27B+Stroke+6+%28Threat+Level%29%29

Stu Loeser, a spokesman for New York City’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg, says the best way for reporters to avoid being arrested while covering Occupy Wall Street is to carry a press pass issued by the New York Police Department. [UPDATE: Loeser says that’s not what he meant. Details below.]

But the NYPD isn’t issuing press passes to reporters covering Occupy Wall Street, as we learned when we contacted them Thursday.