IAPE Condemns Actions by Phoenix Police

WSJ reporter handcuffed, detained for doing his job

IAPE TNG-CWA Local 1096 strongly condemns actions taken by officers of the Phoenix police department on Nov. 23, 2022 when Dion Rabouin, a reporter from The Wall Street Journal and IAPE member, was handcuffed and detained outside a local bank.

In a Dec. 7 letter to the interim chief of the Phoenix police department, WSJ Editor in Chief Matt Murray called the police response, “an attempt to interfere with Mr. Rabouin’s constitutional right to engage in journalism” and conduct “offensive to civil liberties.”

We agree. No member of the media should be faced with intimidation when doing their job. IAPE supports The Journal in its call for the Phoenix police department to ensure journalists are never subjected to this sort of conduct again.