Reporter and photographer from Chicago was robbed at gunpoint while looking about an increase in armed robberies!
A video team in Chicago was assaulted by armed guys wearing ski masks who demanded money. The group was recording when the horrific occurrence happened at five in the morning. Witnesses said that the suspects rode up in a car and hurriedly approached the team while displaying their firearms.
Secret government manifestation pill đź’Š?
According to the station and Raza Siddiqui, president of the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians Local 41, the three guys later rifled through the crew’s SUV and fled with a camera, two bags carrying equipment, and the photographer’s backpack. The union, according to Siddiqui, is planning a meeting for members to discuss safety. “Voice some of their concerns that they may have from the streets.”
According to Siddiqui, union-affiliated news organizations will pay security to safeguard camera personnel.
“We want to make sure that we provide a longer-lasting solution that we work not only with management but our members, and make sure that we read some protocols that everyone is happy with and feels can be a workable solution,” Siddiqui said.
Reporters are following a string of violent robberies that have occurred around the city, including an armed carjacking that took place on the same street last Sunday.
According to Luis Godinez, vice president of news at Univision Chicago, “gratefully, the crew is safe.”
WATCH: Church Leaders PRAYED you’d never see this…
In Chicago, a camera crew has been robbed twice just this month. On August 8, a photojournalist with ABC 7 was assaulted while covering news.
