Judge Bruce Schroeder said Thursday that no members of MSNBC news will be allowed in the Kenosha courthouse following an incident Wednesday night in which a freelance reporter from the outlet allegedly followed a jury bus in an attempt to photograph them.
from the courthouse in Kenosha on Thursday after a person claiming to work for the network was accused of following the jury and attempting to photograph them.
Schroeder said police reported that a person, who identified himself as James J. Morrison and who claimed to work for MSNBC, followed the jury bus on Wednesday evening under the instruction of a supervisor, who instructed him to take photos of jury members. "Last night a person who is alleging to be affiliated with a national media outlet was briefly taken into custody and issued several traffic-related citations.suspect this person was trying to photograph jurors," the Kenosha Police Department said in a Thursday statement.
NBC News apologized for the incident but claimed that the freelancer had never intended to contact the jurors.
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