It was Day 2 of protests following the deadly shooting of a young Black man. Meanwhile, a CNN reporter portrays herself as being in the thick of it. She got the thick part right:
SARA SIDNER, CNN, APRIL 12: You may notice that my eyes are very watery, um, that is because they have just, like, shot a huge amount of gas. It’s CS gas. It’s really the strongest I have ever had stood in before during a protest. And we were all consumed by it.
SIDNER [later]: Now you can see —
MAN [interrupting]: Now you can see y’all be twisting up the story.
MAN URGES PRESS TO LEAVE MINNESOTA WITH EXPLETIVE-LACED RANT TO CNN REPORTER
SIDNER: You want to talk to me? You want to talk to me? OK, cool … Tell me what you think about what’s going on.
MAN: What I think about this is, all the press and all the extra s— y’all do makes this worse … Y’all need to get up outta here with all that twistin’ up the media and s—.
SIDNER [later]: We’re live here … I’m live right now.
MAN: I don’t care if you’re…