‘It’s about freedom of the press’: photographer tackled by ICE throws camera to save it

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'It's about freedom of the press': photographer tackled by ICE throws camera to save it

Last week, the independent photographer John Abernathy was tackled to the ground by ICE agents during a protest in Minneapolis.
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He tossed his camera in hope of saving his photographs because the images of the protests ‘deserve to be seen’. The Department of Homeland Security told CNN Abernathy had been arrested for obstructing pedestrian and vehicle traffic on federal property

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Date: January 26, 2026