Daily Caller Publisher Threatens to Sue Louisville Police for Refusing to Release Arrested Reporters
Neil Patel, co-founder and publisher of Daily Caller, is threatening legal action against the Louisville Metro Police Department after officers arrested and refused to release two of the publication’s reporters who were covering protests in the city on Wednesday night.
Patel said in a series of tweets on Thursday that police arrested the two employees while they covered protests that erupted in the city after a grand jury decided to charge only one officer in connection to the police operation that killed Breonna Taylor, but not her death. Though the Daily Caller has informed the department that the pair are reporters who were peacefully doing their job, the department has refused to release them, he said.
Thread on our reporters who were arrested in Louisville last night 🧵
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The Louisville police arrested two of our employees Wednesday night. We have informed the police that these are reporters who were peacefully doing their job, but they are still refusing to release them.
— Neil Patel (@NeilPatelTDC) September 24, 2020
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