Updated 4 Pm with SAG-aftra Statement: A reporter for an NBC affiliate station in Louisville, Ky was fired upon by police Friday night during a live broadcast covering street protests in that city.
Kaitlin Rust, a journalist at Wave 3, was live on the air when a man wearing a mask and vest that said “police” began firing at her and a colleague.
The Louisville community was already angered by an earlier police shooting in a drug raid at the home of Breonna Taylor, an innocent victim of a wrong address mixup. The situation was further inflamed this week by the death of George Floyd, a Minneapolis man who died in police custody in that city.
The reporter’s shooting was posted to Twitter by a viewer and exceeded 1.5 million views within an hour.
In the video, Rust is heard screaming, “I’m getting shot!”
“Katie, are you Ok?” asked an in-studio anchor.
Kaitlin Rust, a journalist at Wave 3, was live on the air when a man wearing a mask and vest that said “police” began firing at her and a colleague.
The Louisville community was already angered by an earlier police shooting in a drug raid at the home of Breonna Taylor, an innocent victim of a wrong address mixup. The situation was further inflamed this week by the death of George Floyd, a Minneapolis man who died in police custody in that city.
The reporter’s shooting was posted to Twitter by a viewer and exceeded 1.5 million views within an hour.
In the video, Rust is heard screaming, “I’m getting shot!”
“Katie, are you Ok?” asked an in-studio anchor.
- 5/30/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
During a live broadcast on Friday night, a news crew covering protests in Louisville, Kentucky, was fired upon by a police officer who used guns that shot pepper balls.
The crew, reporter Kaitlin Rust and two camera operators for NBC affiliate Wave in Louisville, were broadcasting from the scene of a protest inspired by Breonna Taylor, a Louisville Emt who in March was killed in her own home by police who went to the wrong address while executing a warrant, and George Floyd, a Minneapolis man who was killed by a police officer on Memorial Day.
In the clip, Rust is wearing a bright safety vest and is clearly identified as a journalist. As she explains to the news anchors what she’s seeing on the ground, the camera turns away from Rust and toward a line of police officers, at which point Rust can be heard screaming in pain just off camera.
The crew, reporter Kaitlin Rust and two camera operators for NBC affiliate Wave in Louisville, were broadcasting from the scene of a protest inspired by Breonna Taylor, a Louisville Emt who in March was killed in her own home by police who went to the wrong address while executing a warrant, and George Floyd, a Minneapolis man who was killed by a police officer on Memorial Day.
In the clip, Rust is wearing a bright safety vest and is clearly identified as a journalist. As she explains to the news anchors what she’s seeing on the ground, the camera turns away from Rust and toward a line of police officers, at which point Rust can be heard screaming in pain just off camera.
- 5/30/2020
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
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