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Members of the “Occupy DC” movement harassed a young female reporter during a protest Friday in Washington, D.C., shouting obscenities and preventing her from conducting interviews.
Michelle Fields, a video reporter for the Daily Caller, said she was stalked for three hours Friday while attempting to cover protests outside the Americans for Prosperity “Defending the American Dream Summit” at the Washington Convention Center.
Fields said she “did not feel comfortable, because at one point there were a whole group of men surrounding me saying, ‘F-Michelle Fields.’ And I went to a police officer and I told him that I felt these people were harassing me. And the police officer said he’d take care of it, but it never ended. These people were harassing me for the entire evening.”
One of the anti-capitalist “Occupy DC” protesters was evidently assigned to monitor Fields and her video camerawoman, following the Daily Caller crew to harass and heckle them. Fields said the protesters shouted “You’re worse than Fox” and “right-wing extremists,” called her “ugly” and made remarks about her clothing. When she attempted to conduct interviews, Fields said, “an individual would jump in front of the camera and stop the interview, or block it with a piece of paper or cardboard… . they talked to people who were part of Occupy DC and told them not to talk to us.”
Fields said she had talked to Daily Caller editors and asked not to be assigned to cover “Occupy DC” protests in the future. “I actually don’t feel safe going back to those protests, because they singled me out, they singled out the Daily Caller,” she said. “I just don’t think it’s safe for me to be back around those people.”
Click here to read a full transcript of my interview with Michelle Fields.
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Truth to Power| 11.5.11 @ 1:43PM
The left and the First Amendment have never been very compatible.
David W| 11.5.11 @ 2:49PM
What she should have done was looked around for a few Marines home for R&R (while disappointed in the police officer's behavior I can understand it - he would probably be suspended if he had intervened). Perhaps their presence might have caused those brave hecklers to step back a bit.
RND| 11.7.11 @ 11:52AM
Why would a policeman be suspended for intervening?
What is the policeman there to do? Chew bubblegum?
Al Adab| 11.7.11 @ 3:06PM
During the riots outsdie the GOP convention hall in Miami 1972, I witnessed a painted up, white-faced "protester" holding down a young - maybe 10 year old- girl and shouting obscenities in her face. Her father was neaby being held back by the police. They were under orders not to create an incident.
Fred C. Dobbs| 11.6.11 @ 10:06AM
Who does she SUE????
JimBob7| 11.7.11 @ 12:38PM
I'd start with the OWS parent- the DNC.
Oldefarte| 11.6.11 @ 1:12PM
This incident is typical of these street GARBAGE and each/every one of these dirtbag-subhumans should be arrested and chained to a tree trunk until such time as they consent to bathe, shave, get a job [of course they are all unemployable since they're mostly stupid] and act like human beings [which is impossible of course]!!!!!!!!
Occam's Tool| 11.7.11 @ 2:08AM
An attractive female and left wing turdballs...it's disgusting, but to be expected from these vermin.
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