De Blasio lets security haul away Post reporter for asking question

[Right_in_Virginia]

De Blasio lets security haul away Post reporter for asking question
NY Post, Aug 12, 2018, Kevin Sheehan and Bruce Golding

Mayor de Blasio is a such a big believer in the free press that he let two bodyguards physically remove a credentialed Post reporter who had the temerity to ask him a question in public on Sunday.

The unusual muzzling unfolded at the start of the annual Dominican Day Parade in Manhattan, where the reporter sought de Blasio’s reaction to The Post’s front page story about his administration’s many meetings with lobbyists.

It also came after Hizzoner appeared on national TV Sunday to proclaim, “I believe in a free, strong media with diverse views — I’ll defend it with all I’ve got.”  Just two hours later, after de Blasio cut a ribbon to kick off the parade and was posing for photos near West 37th Street and Sixth Avenue, the reporter asked him to comment on the “CITY FOR SALE” Page One story.

Instead of answering or even declining to answer the question, the mayor watched as two members of his NYPD security detail approached the reporter — who was wearing a police-issued press pass around his neck — with one grabbing his shoulder and leading him away from the mayor.

“Kevin, you have to leave. You can’t be here,” the plainclothes cop said.  Both bodyguards then escorted the reporter about a half-block away, where a member of the NYPD’s public-information office, Officer Brian Magoolaghan, told him, “Come on, Kevin. No stunts today.”


More:  https://nypost.com/2018/08/12/de-blasio-lets-security-haul-away-post-reporter-for-asking-question/

[LMAO]

So we should be seeing editorials denouncing De Blasio’s attack on the press, right?

[Hoodat]

So we should be seeing editorials denouncing De Blasio’s attack on the press, right?

LMAO

[Wingnut]

"Dominican Day Parade"  Is there a parade hizzonor the Big Bird won't attend?

[sneakypete]

"Dominican Day Parade"  Is there a parade hizzonor the Big Bird won't attend?

@TheGhost

WHY would a NYC Mayor avoid a parade honoring another country? Or what passes for a country is some circles.

[kevindavis007]

De Blasio lets security haul away Post reporter for asking question
NY Post, Aug 12, 2018, Kevin Sheehan and Bruce Golding

Mayor de Blasio is a such a big believer in the free press that he let two bodyguards physically remove a credentialed Post reporter who had the temerity to ask him a question in public on Sunday.

The unusual muzzling unfolded at the start of the annual Dominican Day Parade in Manhattan, where the reporter sought de Blasio’s reaction to The Post’s front page story about his administration’s many meetings with lobbyists.

It also came after Hizzoner appeared on national TV Sunday to proclaim, “I believe in a free, strong media with diverse views — I’ll defend it with all I’ve got.”  Just two hours later, after de Blasio cut a ribbon to kick off the parade and was posing for photos near West 37th Street and Sixth Avenue, the reporter asked him to comment on the “CITY FOR SALE” Page One story.

Instead of answering or even declining to answer the question, the mayor watched as two members of his NYPD security detail approached the reporter — who was wearing a police-issued press pass around his neck — with one grabbing his shoulder and leading him away from the mayor.

“Kevin, you have to leave. You can’t be here,” the plainclothes cop said.  Both bodyguards then escorted the reporter about a half-block away, where a member of the NYPD’s public-information office, Officer Brian Magoolaghan, told him, “Come on, Kevin. No stunts today.”


More:  https://nypost.com/2018/08/12/de-blasio-lets-security-haul-away-post-reporter-for-asking-question/

I imagine if Trump did the same thing a lot people here would praise Trump for doing it.

[Wingnut]

I imagine if Trump did the same thing a lot people here would praise Trump for doing it.

But he didn't.  So lets focus on the rat that did.  Mkay.