January 09 2021
A sergeant arrested a photographer and a livestreamer for trespassing while they stood on a sidewalk near the North Precinct.
Two independent journalists were labeled fake press by a Portland Police Bureau sergeant who then arrested them for trespassing while they stood on a public sidewalk, video evidence shows.
Photographer Sean Bascom, who is multi-racial but sometimes presents as white, had his camera gear released to him after less than an hour in custody inside the bureau s North Precinct on Tuesday, Jan. 5.
Milton Waldrop a popular Black livestreamer who uses the name PDX Ninja said police seized as evidence the cell phone he uses to record video, a mobile hotspot, his self-defense equipment and other supplies.