Minneapolis Riots From The Air. Black CNN reporter is arrested live on air by Minnesota state police while reporting on Minneapolis riots over George Floyd's killing. Protests following the death of George Floyd, a black man who pleaded that he couldn't breathe while he was held down with a knee by a Minneapolis police officer, have spread nationwide.
Tory Bremer, who defended his friend's liquor store from looters, fears his neighborhood will never be the same. Police arrest CNN reporter on air, without giving any reason, while he covered Minneapolis riots Police took Omar Jimenez and his crew into custody, despite the journalist appearing to comply with. CNN reporter Omar Jimenez and his crew have been released from police custody after being arrested live on air during protests in Minneapolis over the death of George Floyd.
Minneapolis shuddered with violence overnight Wednesday, as rioters ignited fires and looted stores all over the city, standing in stark contrast to the mostly peaceful protests outside of a South Side police station over the police killing of George Floyd.
CNN reporter Omar Jimenez and his crew have been released from police custody after being arrested live on air during protests in Minneapolis over the death of George Floyd.
A CNN crew was arrested while giving a live television report Friday morning in Minneapolis -- and then released about an hour later -- as the crew covered ongoing protests over the death in. Anger over the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man in police custody, has spread beyond Minneapolis with looting and fires set along a major St. ET when he was approached by state troopers in riot gear.