141 Democratic Convention-related arrests
DENVER - Authorities say there
have been a total of 141 arrests related to the Democratic National
Convention since Saturday.
An ABC News producer arrested on
trespass and interference charges Wednesday outside the Brown Palace
Hotel was released on $500 bond later in the day.
ABC News senior
vice president Jeffrey Schneider says producer Asa Eslocker was working
on a story on the role of corporate lobbyists and wealthy donors at the
convention and keeping track of who was coming and going from the
luxury hotel.
The Joint Information Center, a multi-agency
operation that handles media inquiries during the convention, says
officers had repeatedly told Eslocker not to block the sidewalk and a
hotel entrance.
Schneider says other reporters and journalists
were on the sidewalk at the time, and he hopes the charges will be
dropped when authorities see the video of the arrest.
