Multiple Journalists Arrested While Covering Protests in Echo Park

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 on Twitter by LA Taco reporter Lexis-Olivier Ray, who was also covering the protest.

Spectrum News Reporter Kate Cagle meanwhile reported at 8:22 p.m. 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. At 9:02 she reported that she and two freelance photographers Were part of a crowd that was in the process of being handcuffed.

Queally was released around 9:24 p.m., according to LA Times reporter Joel Rubin. And in a since-deleted tweet, Cagle said at approximately 9:45 that she had been released as well.

More to come…