Los Angeles police officers arrested journalist Anthony Orendorff while he was documenting a federal immigration raid in Pacoima on June 19. He spent four days behind bars without bail on charges of battery of an officer before the case was dropped and he was released.
“It’s bittersweet because I’m out, but there’s a lot of people still in,” Orendorff said. “There’s a lot of people we still got to fight for. But this is a win for us … this is what power really looks like.”
Adam Rose, chair of the Los Angeles Press Club’s press rights committee, says the implications of Orendorff’s arrest are “chilling,” and the arrest continues a pattern of violence and intimidation by the Los Angeles Police Department that discourages journalists from reporting.
