RT Ruptly Says Its Producer Arrested in Ferguson Protests

Police detain a journalist working for the RT-run video agency amid protests in Ferguson. On Monday, another RT producer was hit by a police tear gas canister.

MOSCOW, November 26 (Sputnik) - A field producer working for the RT-owned video news agency Ruptly has been detained in the riot-struck St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri, the agency said Wednesday.

"Our #Ruptly field producer @denice_ruptly [Denise Reese] has been been detained by security forces whilst filming in #Ferguson," Ruptly posted on its official Twitter account.

Our #Ruptly field producer @denice_ruptly has been been detained by security forces whilst filming in #Ferguson - More details to folllow

— Ruptly (@Ruptly) 26 ноября 2014

"Literally 2 minutes after my latest post I got arrested in #Ferguson - still in the police van," Reese said on her own Twitter page.

Literally 2 minutes after my latest post I got arrested in #Ferguson - still in the police van - updates follow #MikeBrown @Ruptly

— denise reese (@denice_ruptly) 26 ноября 2014

On Monday, another RT producer covering the Ferguson events sustained minor injuries when she was hit by a tear gas canister discharged by police.

The tear gas cannister that hit me tonight in #Ferguson , nothing serious. pic.twitter.com/j69Xb0mvNn

— Lorena de la Cuesta (@LorenadlaCuesta) 25 ноября 2014

Protests erupted in Ferguson on Monday after a grand jury chose not to press charges against white police officer Darren Wilson, who fatally shot unarmed African-American teenager Michael Brown in August.