[Agenttin]

The police haven't been doing themselves any favors by actively attacking members of the press though. If you don't want a narrative about police brutality to spread, perhaps you shouldn't beat the people responsible for generating the narrative while they scream that they're 'Press'.

[mc32]

But that’s exactly the point. The majority of reporters don’t get beat up, but it’s presented as a routine thing to happen when more often reporters get beat up by protesters —but even that is a minority of interactions.