Journalists in Texas Say Uvalde Police Are Actively Obstructing News Reporters

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A journalist reporting in Uvalde was followed and blocked by members of the biker club Guardians of the Children, one of whom told him they were working with police.

That’s just one example of the bikers confronting reporters in Uvalde, Texas, as officials there are facing increasing accusations of stonewalling the media., also the president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, just like my colleague Juan González was.Can you talk about what is happening with the press there, the stonewalling? Start with these bikers.Well, first, thank you, Amy. And hi, Juan.

But, you know, more troubling is that the police has continued to also block access and basically harass reporters. As recently as Saturday and Sunday, one of my photographers was confronted by a police officer. And these are police officers that were not even from Uvalde.

So, the very next day when they had a press conference, the first thing they said was, “Well, we’ll have somebody available after to speak to Spanish-language in Spanish.” And I’ve reached out to both Telemundo and Univision reporters, and they’ve said it’s gotten a little bit better. They don’t have anybody officially, but they’ve been able to find, you know, some officers who can speak Spanish who have been able to tell them a little bit.

 

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