Freedom of The Press Under Attack Again! #168 By Hank Silverberg The words of the First Amendment are pretty clear. They have stood up pretty well since the Bill of Rights officially became part of the U.S. Constitution on December 15, 1791. But from time to time though, various elements of this very simple but very important human right, have been pushed to the limit in this country. And we are there once again today. We saw it this past week in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota when police harassed and even arrested reporters who were covering protests in the Minneapolis suburb after yet another police shooting. Credentialed journalists were rounded up by police, forced to lie on their stomachs and had their face and credentials photographed. Brooklyn Center protests: Police round up journalists (usatoday.com) This happened Friday night about 30 minutes after the police had ordered about 500 peaceful demonstrators to leave the area ...