A Tampa, Florida, photojournalist was arrested Saturday while covering a protest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Miami.
Deputies from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office arrested 30 activists from the Sunrise Movement after the protesters blocked the entrance to the Krome North Service Processing Center, according to a news release from the social justice organization. The group said it was protesting to “demand the federal government shut down the facility and release unlawfully detained community members.”
David Decker, 52, was taking photos and video of the demonstration for Zuma Press, News2Share and Creative Loafing. He told the Tampa Bay Times he was arrested despite wearing visible press credentials and informing law enforcement officers he was not part of the protest…