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Reporters from multiple outlets, including the Los Angeles Times and Spectrum News, were briefly arrested by LAPD Thursday night while they were covering ongoing protests in Echo Park. They were arrested between 8:45 and 9:05 p.m., but were both released by 9:45.LA Times reporter James Quelly was arrested at approximately 8:45 p.m., an event captured on video and shared by LA Taco reporter Lexis-Olivier Ray, who was also covering the protest. “It was not immediately clear why he was detained, but police had issued a statement a short time earlier saying reporters were subject to dispersal orders in the area,” .Spectrum News Reporter Kate Cagle meanwhile that she was among several dozen people who had been “kettled” — the term for when police officers corral demonstrators to make them easier to arrest — by LAPD. that she and two freelance photographers were part of a crowd that was in the process of being handcuffed.Also Read:The Los Angeles Times said it protested Queally’s arrest “immediately.” He was released around 9:24 p.m., . And in a since-deleted tweet, Cagle said at approximately 9:45 that she had been released as well.Knock LA . “We are calling for their immediate release, and further demand that any charges against them are dropped,” Knock LA said in a statement. “Law enforcement cannot be allowed to jail journalists for doing their job.”The protests, which began March 24, are being held to protest an attempt to tear down encampments and relocate homeless people from Echo Park.YOU'VE REACHED YOUR MONTHLY ARTICLE LIMIT.WANT TO KEEP READING?SIGN UP FOR OUR FREE DAILY NEWSLETTER, FIRST TAKETHANK YOUFOR SIGNING UP!Loyal readership ofWant to keep reading?Continue Here* You have also unlocked a free 7-day Trial Membership to WrapPROWANT TO GO DEEPER?FOR YOUR

Reporters from multiple outlets, including the Los Angeles Times and Spectrum News, were briefly arrested by LAPD Thursday night while they were covering ongoing protests in Echo Park. They were arrested between 8:45 and 9:05 p.m., but were both released by 9:45.LA Times reporter James Quelly was arrested at approximately 8:45 p.m., an event captured on video and shared by LA Taco reporter Lexis-Olivier Ray, who was also covering the protest. “It was not immediately clear why he was detained, but police had issued a statement a short time earlier saying reporters were subject to dispersal...

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