The incident took place as Omar Jimenez and his team had just shown a protester being arrested when about half-a-dozen white State Patrol police officers surrounded them.
Minnesota police arrested a black CNN journalist reporting live on television while covering the Minneapolis protests, without giving any reason.
CNN Communications said earlier that three Minneapolis employees were arrested for doing their job and demanded their immediate release. "We can move back to where you like," Jimenez told the officers wearing gas masks and face shields, before explaining that he and his crew were members of the media. "We're getting out of your way."
CNN anchor John Berman told viewers about an hour after the arrest that the network's president Adam Zucker spoke with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, who said he "deeply apologises" and was working to have the crew released.
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