queer-j brad/radioactive radio | 22.01.2005 13:36

The San Diego Independent Media Center held a press conference at 4:00PM Friday outside the Hall of 'Justice' to demand that the charges against one of their reporters arrested while documenting the counter-inaugural demonstrations in San Diego be dropped. Audio Duration: 7 min 21 sec.

SD IMC Press Conference 012105 -

The text of the press release is here:
 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/01/107391.shtml

A call for witnesses/evidence is here:
 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/01/107371.shtml

Because of technical difficulties, the first 25 seconds of the press conference were taken from a cell phone feed. The sound quality during this period is variable. Here is a transcript of the first 25 sec:
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We are here to call attention to the fact that San Diego is a city that is openly hostile to free speech and that an independent journalist was arrested last night.

A reporter with the San Diego Independent Media Center and radioActive sanDiego was arrested last night at a demonstration and is being accused of hitting a police officer. Not only was she reporting on the event and would in no way hit an officer, she is well known and respected in the San Diego community.
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Press conference recorded by Queer-J Brad and DJ Al for radioActive Radio san Diego.
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