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 From: lying-pricks@msnbc.com 
  
 Two BBC journalists who filmed the scene where the Virginia 
 shooting suspect crashed and shot himself say they were 
 threatened by state police. 
  
 White House reporter Tara McKelvey and videojournalist Franz 
 Strasser were among the first on the scene where the manhunt for 
 the alleged WDBJ gunman Vester Flanagan came to an end, after 
 they saw €sirens blaring€ on I-66 West. 
  
 But on a day when the ability of journalists to do their jobs 
 unhindered was a particularly heightened issue, officers with 
 Virginia State Police reportedly told the reporters to delete 
 their footage or risk having their camera and car taken away. 
  
 Strasser wrote on Twitter that he decided to delete the footage 
 because €it was either not being able to work for the rest of 
 the day, without camera or car, or delete c***** footage from 
 far away€. He said he €chose the latter€. 
  
 Tara McKelvey ?@Tara_Mckelvey 
 I just left the site where the suspect reportedly shot himself. 
 Cops took our camera and said they would also take our car then 
 let us go. 
 9:00 AM - 26 Aug 2015 
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 Franz Strasser ?@franzstrasser 
 Just at the scene of the suspects shooting on I-66. Police told 
 me to delete footage or lose camera. 
 8:53 AM - 26 Aug 2015 
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 Franz Strasser ?@franzstrasser 
 Just at the scene of the suspects shooting on I-66. Police told 
 me to delete footage or lose camera. 
 8:53 AM - 26 Aug 2015 
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 Franz Strasser ?@franzstrasser 
 Watched me delete my one file, and let me go. Other officer 
 apologized and said we have to understand. 
 9:08 AM - 26 Aug 2015 
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 Franz Strasser ?@franzstrasser 
 It was either not being able to work for the rest of the day, 
 w/o camera and car, or delete crappy footage from far away. 
 Chose the latter. 
 9:48 AM - 26 Aug 2015 
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 Franz Strasser ?@franzstrasser 
 Reason for confiscating camera was that it was evidence. 
 Threatened to tow the car because it was illegally parked. 
 9:59 AM - 26 Aug 2015 
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 Franz Strasser ?@franzstrasser 
 It was either not being able to work for the rest of the day, 
 w/o camera and car, or delete crappy footage from far away. 
 Chose the latter. 
  
 Franz Strasser ?@franzstrasser 
 But why they are then okay with deleting 'evidence' makes one 
 question their reasoning. 
 10:00 AM - 26 Aug 2015 
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 Franz Strasser ?@franzstrasser 
 We were able to recover photos from the moment police asked us 
 to delete crime scene footage #WDBJ 
 4:54 PM - 26 Aug 2015 
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 Franz Strasser ?@franzstrasser 
 Neither of these VA state police officers were the one asking us 
 to delete footage. It was mainly one officer. 
 4:55 PM - 26 Aug 2015 
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 Naming the policeman involved as Officer Clark, McKelvey said 
 they were told the footage they had €could be evidence€. 
 Strasser confirmed it was €mainly one officer€ who addressed 
 them, and said that the fact he ordered them to delete the 
 €evidence€ was enough to €make one question their reasoning€. 
  
 After Strasser€s initial tweet about the officer€s threat was 
 widely shared on social media € and appeared in the BBC€s live 
 coverage of the Virginia shootings online € a public relations 
 officer for Virginia police has reached out to him on Twitter. 
  
 Corinne Geller, a spokesperson for Virginia State Police, wrote: 
 €VSP is aware of this incident and we are looking into it, as 
 such actions violate VSP policy.€ 
  
 Strasser later wrote on Twitter that he and McKelvey were 
 reviewing what recordings the pair had been able to make of the 
 exchange with police. A video captured on McKelvey€s iPhone was 
 deemed €unusable€. 
  
 And the incident seems unlikely to be left there. Paul Danahar, 
 the BBC€s bureau chief in the US, also responded to the incident 
 on Twitter, asking the police spokesperson to €exchange 
 contacts€. 
  
 The Independent has contacted the BBC for an official statement 
 on what happened. 
  
 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/vester-flanagan- 
 chase-bbc-journalists-covering-wdbj-shooting-threatened-by- 
 virginia-police-10474038.html 
  
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 Illegal alien muslim Barack Hussein Obama seizes on this tragedy 
 caused by one of his mentally ill homosexual, black racist 
 supporters, to wave the flags for more gun control. 
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