‘Murder the Media’

“I had three different people threaten to shoot me over the course of the day. They weren’t armed as far as I could tell. I saw people with knives and pepper spray. If they had guns, I couldn’t see them. But I did see people in flak jackets and bullet-proof vests, so clearly ready for armed combat. 

“At one point, a guy leaned over to me and said, ‘I’m coming back with a gun tomorrow and I’m coming for you.’”

—Amanda Andrade-Rhodes, press photographer, “‘Three people threatened to shoot me.’ Journalists describe covering mob violence at the US Capitol,” Committee to Protect Journalists, Jan. 7, 2021.

 

• Editorial Comment: Exciting life on the front lines. 

  

 

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