"Footage from the meeting captured protesters flipping the middle finger at cameras and putting their hands up in Paige's face to interrupt her reporting. You are afraid of me, aren't you? protester Jason Reedy seethed at Paige, according to her story. Paige wrote that her and the Posts photographer left the meeting after it was shut down by the protesters; she said they did not leave because they were intimidated into silence, but because the situation had become unsafe and our job was to report."
"Protesters had arrived and tried to intimidate the chief of the LAPD, rather than to air their grievances in an ordinary fashion. They drowned out their fellow residents. And they turned on our reporter, who was just doing her job. They shouted at her; they shoved their hands in her face; they blocked her camera; and they eventually forced her to leave the meeting for her own safety. That is completely outrageous. The editorial board"
Around 40 agitators, many wearing medical masks or keffiyeh scarves, attended an LAPD meeting chanting “F*ck the police” and calling officers “pigs.” The group obstructed a California Post reporter and photographer, blocking cameras, covering lenses, boxing the reporter to stop filming, shouting insults, and putting their hands in the reporter’s face. Footage captured protesters flipping the middle finger at cameras and a protester taunting, “You are afraid of me, aren’t you?” The meeting was shut down by the protesters. The reporter and photographer left for safety reasons; the newspaper characterized the conduct as an attempt to intimidate officials and silence reporting.
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