It has come to my twitterfeed that #OccupyOakland journalist Susie Cagle (@susie_c) has been jailed for illegal assembly and is currently being held in Santa Rita jail. From what I can tell from her twitter timeline, she was simply operating as a member of the press. According to the tweet sent by her partner through her twitter account, as relayed by her phone call from jail:
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#occupyoakland @susie_c is in jail. Call Santa Rita: demand the release of her and 30 other women, including journos and LOs. 925 551 6590
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#occupyoakland @susie_c and 30 other women from last night's arrests were transferred to Santa Rita. 80 men at N County, being released.
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recap: I'm not Susie, she is jailed. For attn, show county supe there've been illegal arrests. Add KNOWN journos, legal observers arrested.
Get the word out.
UPDATE via dk user marigold -
Daryl Cagle, a cartoonist for MSNBC, writes:
As many of you know, my daughter, cartoonist Susie Cagle, has been covering the Occupy Oakland protests. Last week, she was teargassed when police attempted to prevent a peaceful march of Occupy Oakland protesters from walking to the police department.
Last night, Susie was arrested along with dozens more, according to police. She’s been spending time at Occupy Oakland as part of her graphic series of the movement, which she funded through Spot.Us.
She’s not the first journalist to be arrested trying to cover Occupy movements. Nashville Scene reporter Jonathan Meador was one of two dozen or so people arrested by Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers at Occupy Nashville. And just yesterday, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel photographer Kristyna Wentz-Graff was arrested covering an Occupy rally.
UPDATE #1: Susie is being held at Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County, California, charged with unlawful assembly, even though she was there covering the event and had a press badge. Obviously, they took her phone when she was arrested, but you can follow updates on her Twitter feed, @Susie_C. It’s being updated by her friend Joel Kraut (@myunderpants).
I’ll keep you posted as I know more.
@dcagle