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NAACP Statement on the Arrest of CNN's Omar Jimenez
May 30, 2020
NEW YORK, May 30 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following statement by President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill regarding the arrest of CNN reporter Omar Jimenez and his crew this morning in Minneapolis:

"The actions of the Minnesota state police to arrest CNN's Omar Jimenez, a Black and Latino member of the press, and his crew this morning on live television was shocking and an alarming display of the abuse of police power.

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