Deia Schlosberg, a documentarian was recently charged with three felonies for filming activists shutting off oil pipelines. The actions filmed by Schlosberg were part of a multi-state protest by “Climate Direct Action” which vandalized five pipeline valve stations in multiple states to protest the movement of tar-sands oil from Canada into the US, and to show solidarity with ongoing protests in North Dakota. That said, Schlosberg claims she never participated in the illegal activities and filmed from public land.
She was doing her job as a constitutionally protected journalist documenting a climate action.
It is un-constitutional that the press would be targeted for punishment merely for filming such activities. Drop the charges.