The photographer, Robert Stolarik, 43, who has worked regularly for The
Times for more than a decade, was charged with obstructing government
administration and with resisting arrest. He was taking photographs of a
brewing street fight at McClellan Street and Sheridan Avenue in the
Concourse neighborhood.
Mr. Stolarik was taking photographs of the arrest of a teenage girl
about 10:30 p.m., when a police officer instructed him to stop doing so.
Mr. Stolarik said he identified himself as a journalist for The Times
and continued taking pictures. A second officer appeared, grabbed his
camera and “slammed” it into his face, he said.
Mr. Stolarik said he asked for the officers’ badge numbers, and the
officers then took his cameras and dragged him to the ground; he said
that he was kicked in the back and that he received scrapes and bruises
to his arms, legs and face.
The Police Department said in a statement that officers had been trying
to disperse the crowd and had given “numerous lawful orders” for both
the crowd and Mr. Stolarik to move back, but that he tried to push
forward, “inadvertently” striking an officer in the face with his
camera.
(Were the cops watching a G20 replay? -- ed.)
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