NEW YORK - Media
activist Alex Jones was arrested by New York Police Department
officers while filming a documentary about the sixth anniversary of
September 11th and joining the protest against the official version
of what happened on 9/11.
According to Infowars sources Jones was singled out by police from
the head of a crowd of about 400 9/11 Truth Activists and
protesters. He was verbally accosted and forced by the police
officers to present identification which he was not carrying at the
time.
NYPD officers arrested Jones for "unspecified charges" and removed
him from the protest crowd to be taken to the nearest police
precinct where he was later released following a protest outside the
jail by other 9/11 truthers who chanted "let him go".
Jones was arrested during a protest of the live Geraldo broadcast on
Fox News.
Geraldo ridiculed protesters and lauded the arrests as live footage
of Alex being frog marched away by officers was broadcast, refering
to them as "anarchists," "communists" and "one of the least
attractive groups of protesters I've ever seen".
In another clip, Geraldo states, "I think these demonstrators are
all into rest room gay sex". He later physically threatens the
protesters, saying that if violence broke out "our Fox News team can
take this bunch."
Watch Alex's statement after he was released.
The demonstrators had tried to obtain a "permit" for the protest but
were refused by authorities. Officers later ticketed Jones for
"using a sound device without a permit".
However, other people who were simply filming the arrest were also
arrested themselves.
Alex said the arresting officer was overbearing and that having the
cuffs slapped on him hurt more than when he cut his finger off in a
boating accident.
The officer physically charged and assaulted individuals who were
not even involved in the protest, such as Discovery Channel
cameramen.
Alex Jones' cameraman Rob Jacobson was also pushed by cops and then
punched in the shoulder for "obstructing police business" despite
the fact that he was stood well away from the area on the sidewalk.
Two British cameramen who were part of the We Are Change UK group
were also arrested for "blocking traffic".
Eyewitnesses described a chaotic scene where police simply waded in,
assaulting and arresting people on a whim, but noted that Alex Jones
was singled out immediately after cops arrived.
Geraldo Rivera and Fox News chiefs were responsible for calling the
police and having protesters arrested.
The group were told that they didn't have a permit to protest. A
permit is government permission to do something that would otherwise
be illegal - meaning the right to peaceably assemble and free speech
as defined in the Constitution have been officially outlawed.
"Word came in that Geraldo Rivera was giving a live broadcast only a
few blocks away," writes We Are Change. A truth squad quickly
dispached itself to the scene. There, the group chanted a deafening
"911 Was An Inside Job" endlessly. The police were concerned with us
blocking the sidewalk, but so long there was a clear path we
remained about 20 feet from Geraldo. All of the signs and banners
were visible on TV, and it just happened to be up on the jumbo
screen in the middle of Times Square. Then the rest of the group saw
Alex Jones was suddlenly pulled aside and arrested by police.
Groups headed out and searched for the precint Alex was taken to.
After finding the location, the rest of the group met there and
demanded Alex's release. Within only a few hours, we got what we
wanted!
More footage of the Geraldo protest and the arrest from other
truthers who filmed big screen displays nearby.
Tune in to Alex's Sunday show this evening on KLBJ for a full
account of what happened.
