This is VERY alarming.

Cops and prosecutors have dreamed up plenty of convoluted theories to criminalize journalism, but the NYPD charging a reporter with a hate crime for documenting news has to be one of the most outrageous yet.

https://apnews.com/article/gaza-nypd-sam-seligson-brooklyn-museum-eea8ee12248d38d856fe5cabcac7a0d1

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There are reports Seligson was part of the vandalism, not an impartial bystander journalist there to report on both sides of the story https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/08/06/videographer-busted-for-taking-part-in-vandalism-of-brooklyn-museum-presidents-home/