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She told them. "Wait, I'm with the Chronicle." She was later released.
More photos of her being arrested
www.flickr.com/photos/ari/tags/vivianhobart/
BART police should let reporters do their jobs - Chronicle editorial
Whether it was incompetence or an act of aggression, the BART police did not distinguish themselves Thursday night in detaining journalists who were doing their job covering a demonstration...
BART spokesman Jim Allison attributed the brief detention of several journalists, including The Chronicle's Vivian Ho, to the noise and tension at the Powell Station. He said the crowd was warned in "at least six announcements" to disperse. Ho said she did not hear the warnings...
The outrage here is that police put Ho in handcuffs after she identified herself as a Chronicle reporter. She remained in handcuffs even after police retrieved a newspaper ID badge from her pocket. It was not a police-issued press pass, but it should have been a good clue that she was telling the truth...
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/09/09/EDJP...
Her story filed that night
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/09/08/BA3R...
This photo is also at
www.demotix.com/photo/822789/bart-police-arrest-journalis...
videos at
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA559E0481569418E
Some of these photos at
www.demotix.com/news/822798/bart-police-arrest-journalist...
Photos from press conference announcing the protest
www.flickr.com/photos/ari/sets/72157627488715437/
Announcement of protest
nojusticenobart.blogspot.com/2011/08/next-bart-action.html
Photos from previous protests