The Freedom of the Press Foundation calls bullshit on the latest Homan-Noem-Miller scam-o-rama.
The supposed violence by reporters? Recording videos. At least three times recently, a government official or lawyer has argued that simply recording law enforcement or Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers is a form of violence. In July, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem proclaimed during a news conference following ICE raids on California farms that videotaping ICE agents performing operations is “violence.” Noem lumped video recordings in with other forms of actual violence, like throwing rocks or Molotov cocktails at agents.
Then, in August, Justice Department lawyer Sean Skedzielewski argued , during a court hearing over the Los Angeles Police Department