Who’s ready for some personal news from the Washington Post’s Wes Lowery?
https://twitter.com/WesleyLowery/status/630854881469804544
@WesleyLowery you're making me nervous, what's the news
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 10, 2015
@WesleyLowery I've seriously hit refresh 30 times.
— Very Legal and Very Cool Elayne (@chatelainedc) August 10, 2015
Announcing run for POTUS?
— ?Scout (@about_scout) August 10, 2015
https://twitter.com/GarrettQuinn/status/630857092790882304
https://twitter.com/Melpomenemuses/status/630858242231439360
Getting warmer …
https://twitter.com/WesleyLowery/status/630858471466864640
https://twitter.com/WesleyLowery/status/630858670834782208
Mark Berman of the Washington Post elaborates:
According to the summons, Lowery is being charged with trespassing on private property despite being asked to leave. He is also charged with interfering with a police officer’s performance of his duties because, the summons alleges, he failed to comply with “repeated commands to immediately exit” the restaurant.
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Lowery and Ryan Reilly, a journalist with the Huffington Post, were handcuffed last August inside a McDonald’s that reporters had been using as a staging area while covering the Ferguson protests.
Reilly said Monday that he had not received a court summons but was expecting to be charged as well.
https://twitter.com/WesleyLowery/status/630865502118633472
The counts against Lowery carry a possible fine of $1,000 and up to a year in a county jail.
Martin Baron, executive editor of The Post, said in a statement, “This latest action represents contemptible overreaching by prosecutors who seem to have no regard for the role of journalists seeking to cover a major story and following normal practice.”
Places where Washington Post reporters have been charged with crimes for reporting: Tehran, St. Louis County. http://t.co/6SbMzw6Crz
— Rob Pegoraro (@robpegoraro) August 10, 2015
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) August 10, 2015
Update:
The Huffington Post’s Ryan J. Reilly faces the same charges as Lowery.
St. Louis County spokesman says @ryanjreilly is also being charged with trespassing and interfering with officer, same as @WesleyLowery.
— Valerie Schremp Hahn ? (@valeriehahn) August 11, 2015
Also, possession of high capacity rubber bullets. RT @samsteinhp: blatantly outrageous https://t.co/UAVIjxxfYc
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) August 11, 2015
A year ago, this would have shocked me. Now? Not so much. https://t.co/8Lxdy3Mich
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) August 11, 2015
See you in court, officer. https://t.co/k5gSsIq35F pic.twitter.com/1bxBNyQSlc
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) August 11, 2015
@ryanjreilly @GayPatriot Oh, you're a Social Justice Reporter with the Huffington Post? I started to care for a moment, but now I don't.
— James Blond? (@youmakamecrazy) August 11, 2015
@ryanjreilly curious to see the ev against you. Innocent until proven guilty. But journos do love the attention of getting arrested.
— PoseidonGuy, Esq. (@poseidonguy1) August 11, 2015