I don't know the ultimate fate of Tim Poole of Timcast fame. Reports are that he was handcuffed and interrogated by the police.
Why should we care about our live-streamers?
A fascinating story about an acquittal
Mr. Arbuckle decided that the COPS were getting the short shrift from the journalists.
Arbuckle's arrest is particularly ironic because he wasn't on 13th Street January 1 to protest -- he was there to document the cop's side of the story. (Here's his Flickr page.) A junior at New York University majoring in political science and journalism, Arbuckle doesn't identify with the Occupy movement, but was working on an assignment for class to document the officers assigned to police it.
Arbuckle was charged with disorderly conduct and the police claimed that he was standing in the middle of the road blocking traffic and that was after the police had repeatedly told people to stay on the sidewalk. Now the cops told this story under oath. The video, however, told a different story.
And in an indication of the way new media are transforming the dynamics of street protest, a clip from the live-stream of journalist Tim Pool showed that not only was Arbuckle on the sidewalk, so were all the other protesters. The only thing blocking traffic on 13th Street that night was the police themselves.
Mr. Arbuckle decided not to take an easy out but to go to trial, because as he puts it he wasn't guilty.
Here is the twitter feed:
Tim Pool @Timcast Independent Journalist covering political action and activism. http://wepay.com/...
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9h Anonymous Anonymous @AnonyOps
Journalist @timcast's place was raided, he was stopped & handcuffed on way back. Watch now: http://www.ustream.tv/... #NATO #CPD
11m Anonymous Operations Anonymous Operations @Anon_Central
@timcast best wishes to you sir, thank you for keeping people informed. | #NoNATO #Chicago
50m #OccupyLA #OccupyLA @OWSLosAngeles
@OLAASM @VonHaggard @Timcast but they can target the live streamers.
6h #OccupyPhoenix #OccupyPhoenix @occupyphoenix
Chicago Police seem to be going after the independent media including @timcast covering #NATO. So messed up...
7h #OccupyLA #OccupyLA @OWSLosAngeles
@Timcast they are using you as an example to scare other streamers. This shows how important streaming is
8h Global Revolution Global Revolution @GlobalRevLive
#NONATO #OCCUPY #OWS #M20 VIDEO OF @TIMCAST & @WEARECHANGELUKE BEING DETAINED BY POLICE HERE http://www.ustream.tv/... #GLOBALREV
8h #OccupyLA #OccupyLA @OccupyLA
@LukeWEARECHANGE live with @TimCast they got pulled over by cops a little while ago http://www.ustream.tv/... ~PM
8h Occupy Wall Street Occupy Wall Street @OccupyWallStNYC
.@Timcast & @Lukewearechange livestream their detention by the #CPD police. If everybody had livestream.. http://www.ustream.tv/... #NoNATO
8h Anonymous Anonymous @AnonyOps
Raided, harassed, had guns pointed at them. Journalists @timcast @Lukewearechange return to home base. watch now: http://timcast.tv #NATO
8h #OccupyLA #OccupyLA @OccupyLA
@timcast is at the house that got raided to get his things http://www.ustream.tv/... ~PM
9h OccupyDenver OccupyDenver @OccupyDenver
Luke and @Timcast cuffed, searched, interrogated by 12 unmarked cop cars while their apt was possibly raided #noNATO #occupychicago...
9h Anonymous Anonymous @YourAnonNews
. @Timcast citizen journalist was briefly arrested and then raided at GUN point tonight by police. Freedom in America is past fantasy.
9h Anonymous Anonymous @AnonyOps
@Timcast @Jiraffa @Lukewearechange Nothing cures a first hand encounter with the #policestate like a little whiskey. #noNATO
9h #OccupyPhoenix #OccupyPhoenix @occupyphoenix
“@Timcast: WE HAVE BEEN RAIDED SOS” in Chicago for NATO Solidarity to Tim! Tweet your support!
9h #OccupyLA #OccupyLA @OccupyLA
Confirmed: From @Timcast cops stopped car and at gun point cuffed them and removed them from the car they were in http://www.ustream.tv/... ~PM
14h Anonymous Anonymous @YourAnonNews
HOUSE RAIDED where @occupiechicago @Lukewearechange @Timcast are staying
14h #OccupyPhoenix #OccupyPhoenix @occupyphoenix
Tim Pool's @Timcast apartment he is staying at has been surrounded and are not allowing anyone in he says live on air. Possible Raid #OWS
10:03 AM PT: http://www.livestream.com/...
reported that NBC interviewed Tim and Luke