A Brazilian reporter was arrested and booked for contempt of authority on Tuesday, Feb. 28, while gathering information about an airplane accident in the Amazonian city of Manaus, according to the news site Portal Amazônia.
Carlos Eduardo Matos of G1 Amazonas was photographing the area where a small plane, carrying reporters from other media outlets, crashed, when he was arrested and accused of contempt, reported G1. According to police, the journalist was handcuffed and removed from the area in order to preserve the accident site.
However, according to the reporter, the area where he was working was not isolated. "Other members of the press were in the same place when a lieutenant from the military police prevented me from working. He took two cell phones I had with me and handcuffed me and took me to his car," the journalist said, as quoted by G1. Matos gave his testimony and remained at the police station for two-and-a-half hours.
The Journalists Union of Amazonas condemned the police officer's actions, calling the arrest of the journalist truculent and violent, reported the site Em Tempo.
