As you can see about three minutes into this video, one of New York’s finest either did not get the memo or failed to internalize its contents. While Robert Stolarik, on assignment for The New York Times, works to take photographs of other officers attempting to clear protesters from the World Financial Center’s Winter Garden on Monday, an officer makes it his business to get in the way.
Tag: Robert Stolarik
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The Police, the Press and Protests: Did Everyone Get the Memo?
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When Photographs Become Evidence – The New York Times
When Photographs Become Evidence
The decision to drop charges against Robert Stolarik for interfering with an arrest he had been photographing in the Bronx in 2012 and instead to prosecute an arresting officer came after prosecutors scrutinized the physical evidence: Mr. Stolarik’s digital images.
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Convention Storybook
Convention Storybook
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/09/17/us/politics/convention-storybook.html#/?slide=index
The New York Times has assembled a “Convention Storybook,” an online archive of the conventions. It is a look inside the two parties as they sought to articulate their platforms and positions as clearly as possible, without interference.
The “Convention Storybook” presents photographs by Stephen Crowley, Josh Haner, Todd Heisler, Doug Mills, Damon Winter, Mike Appleton, Travis Dove, Edward Linsmier, Luke Sharrett, Robert Stolarik, Max Whitaker and Jim Wilson. Michael Barbaro provided audio and it was produced by Nick Corasaniti, Jacqueline Myint and Cornelius Schmid
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Robert Stolarik, Times Photographer, Is Arrested While On Assignment in the Bronx
Mr. Stolarik was taking photographs of the arrest of a teenage girl about 10:30 p.m., when a police officer instructed him to stop doing so. Mr. Stolarik said he identified himself as a journalist for The Times and continued taking pictures. A second officer appeared, grabbed his camera and “slammed” it into his face, he said.
Mr. Stolarik said he asked for the officers’ badge numbers, and the officers then took his cameras and dragged him to the ground; he said that he was kicked in the back and that he received scrapes and bruises to his arms, legs and face.