There were a number of arrests during the protests against the new elected President Donald Trump on inauguration day. Police had arrested six journalists covering the protests and they will spend at least 10 years in the prison. The Guardian indicated that these journalists are Aaron Cantú and Vocativ (freelancer), Evan Engel (senior producer), Jack Keller (producer for the online documentary Story of America), Matt Hopard and Shay Horse (independent journalists), and Alex Rubinstein (RT America reporter). The Office of the U.S attorney for the district didn’t respond to a request for the comment, but the local police indicated in a statement that those people were accused on rioting charges. It was also said that these charges were imposed due to acting in a concerted effort engaged in acts of vandalism and other incidents of destroying the public property.
Those journalists will be charged by the District of Columbia penalizing order. It was said that each person who independently provoked or motivated others to engage in a riot will be charged for up to 5 thousand U.S dollars in property damage. They will also sentence 10-year potential prison and a fine will be imposed of more than 25 thousand U.S dollars. Point to be noted that at least 200 people were also arrested on the inauguration of Trump on 20th January 2017. They will supposedly be referred to the court in the month of February and March 2017. Engel has indicated on Twitter that he & Vocativ will fight against these charges. It is important that Tim Pool said on Twitter that he and 2 NBC News journalists were also arrested on 20th January 2017, but released without charges.