DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Journalists</span></a> among at least 13 arrested during <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a>-related protest in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CincinnatiOH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CincinnatiOH</span></a></p><p>Police in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CovingtonKY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CovingtonKY</span></a>, said those arrested had refused to comply with orders to disperse.</p><p>By John Seewer | The Associated Press</p><p>"Police in Cincinnati arrested at least 13 people, including two journalists, after demonstrators protesting the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>detention</span></a> of a former hospital chaplain blocked a two-lane bridge carrying traffic over the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OhioRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OhioRiver</span></a>.</p><p>"A reporter and a photography intern who were arrested while covering the protest for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CityBeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CityBeat</span></a>, a Cincinnati news and entertainment outlet, were among those arraigned Friday morning in a Kentucky court.</p><p>"Other journalists reporting on protests around the U.S. have been have arrested and injured this year. More than two dozen were hurt or roughed up while covering protests against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImmigrationRaids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImmigrationRaids</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a>.</p><p>"A Spanish-language journalist was arrested in June while covering a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoKings</span></a> protest near <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AtlantaGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AtlantaGA</span></a>. Police initially charged Mario Guevara, a native of El Salvador, with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnlawfulAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnlawfulAssembly</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/obstruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obstruction</span></a> of police and being a pedestrian on or along the roadway.</p><p>"A prosecutor dropped the charges, but Guevara had already been turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and is being held in a south Georgia immigration <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DetentionCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DetentionCenter</span></a>. His lawyers say he has been authorized to work and remain in the country, but <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> is trying to deport him.</p><p>"Video from the demonstration in Cincinnati Thursday night shows several tense moments, including when an officer punches a protester several times as police wrestle him to the ground.</p><p>"Earlier, a black SUV drove slowly onto the Roebling Bridge while protesters walked along the roadway that connects Cincinnati with Kentucky. Another video shows a person in a neon-colored vest pushing against the SUV.</p><p>"Police in Covington, Kentucky, said those arrested had refused to comply with orders to disperse. The department said in a statement that officers who initially attempted to talk with the protest's organizer were threatened and met with hostility.</p><p>"Among the charges filed against those arrested were rioting, failing to disperse, obstructing emergency responders, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct.</p><p>"Reporter Madeline Fening and photo intern Lucas Griffith were charged with felony rioting and several other charges, said Ashley Moor, the editor in chief of CityBeat.</p><p>"A judge on Friday set a $2,500 bond for each of those arrested.</p><p>"The arrests happened during a protest in support of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AymanSoliman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AymanSoliman</span></a>, an Egyptian immigrant who worked as a chaplain at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. He was detained last week after he showed up for a routine check-in with ICE officials at their office near Cincinnati.</p><p>"Protesters met in downtown Cincinnati on Thursday in support of Soliman, then walked across the bridge carrying a banner that read '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuildBridgesNotWalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuildBridgesNotWalls</span></a>.'</p><p>"Covington police said that 'while the department supports the public’s right to peaceful assembly and expression, threatening officers and blocking <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriticalInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalInfrastructure</span></a>, such as a major bridge, presents a danger to all involved.' 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