NEW YORK — A veteran news photographer arrested with media credentials around her neck while covering the recent Jordan Neely protests asked authorities to clear her name Thursday and protect journalists’ ability to do their jobs in New York City.
New York Police Department Chief of Patrol John Chell personally told officers to “lock her up!” before five community affairs cops wrangled Stephanie Keith into the back of a police van on May 8, footage shows.
The award-winning independent news photographer, who regularly shoots for Reuters, Getty Images and The New York Times, joined at least a dozen media organizations to document a vigil at the Broadway-Lafayette Street subway station a week after Neely’s killing aboard an F train.
