Posted by caleb on Nov 6, 2011 in
Personal As the news media continues to attempt to skew what happened under the sky bridge at the Washington Convention Center on November 4, 2011, my firsthand video of the car/protestor accident continues to be used to show what happened.
I was one of the first to break the story of OccupyDC protestors mobbing a random car driving east down L Street. We had finally been able to leave the building after security broke through the blockade and ushered us outside. Almost immediately afterward, this event occurred.
In new developments, the Associated Press has apparently decided to appropriate my footage, without any attribution.
I first discovered this blatant plagiarism in this article (written by Madeleine Morgenstern) on The Blaze that uses information from the AP.
I’ve written Ms. Morgenstern about this gross oversight, since she is the only reporter listed on the article on The Blaze.
Madeleine,
My name is Caleb Hays, and I was an attendee this weekend at AFPF’s Defending the American Dream Summit. We were right next to the scene of the first accident involving the Lexus and a woman when the vehicle struck the protestor.
It appears the original Associated Press article may have inadvertently included footage from my recording without proper attribution. Since you did not include the name of the author of the original post, I’m including these screen capture shots to show the distinct similarities between my video and the clip of footage used in the AP video.
Mine:
Clip from the AP footage, apparently zoomed in, but taken from the exact same location where I was standing. There weren’t that many people under the skybridge that weren’t protestors, and no one was standing next to or near me.
I would appreciate your help in resolving this issue.
Cordially,
Caleb Hays
xxx.xxx.xxxx
xxxxxx@xxxxx.com
@calebhays
I believe the similarities are striking – and are definitely taken from the same original footage. Here’s to hoping the AP comes clean.
—Update 7:50 p.m. 11/6/11—
Ms. Morgenstern replied with an apology and some further contact information to reach the author of the wire story which was included in her article. I sent a similar email to the AP and will let you know their response.
Tags: #Dream11, #OccupyDC, #OWS, AFP, AFPF, ap, Associate Press, DC, Defending the American Dream 2011, Defending the American Dream Summit, District of Columbia, hit and run, Madeleine Morgenstern, Metro Police, The Blaze, TheBlaze.com
I was interviewed today by CNN, Slate.com, MSNBC, and USLaw.com about my firsthand account of the hit-and-run accident involving rioting OccupyDC protestors on L Street outside the Washington Convention Center on the night of November 4, 2011.
Today, my video was picked up as a featured video on CNN’s iReport and placed on the homepage of their mobile app.
Tags: #OccupyDC, AFP, americans for prosperity, Americans for Prosperity Foundation, Caleb Hays, CNN, DC Metro Police, Defending the American Dream Summit, hit and run, iReport, MSNBC, Slate.com, USLaw.com
As most have heard by now, protestors from the OccupyDC movement attack the Washington Convention Center last night while Americans for Prosperity Foundation’s Defending the American Dream Summit was taking place.
No one in the news media seems to know exactly what happened, but I was on-scene, along with Jarrod Mendicki and Gavin Kreidler.
I was an attendee at the summit and was trapped inside for over an hour as protestors blockaded the doors and prevented our exit. I wrote about the attacks right after they occurred from my firsthand perspective here.
I’d now like to provide more details.
The three of us were inside the South Building of the Washington Convention Center, trying to exit. All of the doors were blocked by OccupyDC protestors:
When we finally were able to exit onto L Street, a woman, a protestor from OccupyDC, was hit by a random car driving eastbound as she and several other protestors mobbed the vehicle.
I was on the scene with my iPhone and recorded the events starting a three-to-five seconds after the accident: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmQdobhvi70.
Tags: #Dream11, #OccupyDC, #OWS, AFP, americans for prosperity, Defending the American Dream Summit
I’m at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C. this weekend to attend American for Prosperity’s Defending the American Dream Summit with Virginia Crossland, Melissa Ward and Jarrod Mendicki.
According to the Summit’s website, the general registration sold out – something that excites me. With the almost 2,500 attendees at this year’s fourth annual conference, this shows with certainty that Americans are waking up to the theft taking place beneath our noses.
Nick Gillespie, ReasonTV
I’ve been encouraged by the speakers I’ve had the privilege of hearing from already, including Nick Gillespie of ReasonTV and Matthew Elliott of the UK’s TaxPayer’s Alliance. Mr. Elliott offered an inspirational view of how the new Conservative government in the UK is winning over the population and making authentic efforts to right their financial ship.
Matthew Elliott, TaxPayer's Alliance
If this morning was an example of how the rest of the weekend will go, then I’m excited. Let’s get going… let’s Remember November.
Tags: #Dream10, AFP, americans for prosperity, Defending the American Dream Summit, Jarrod Mendicki, Matthew Elliott, Melissa Ward, Nick Gillespie, ReasonTV, TaxPayer's Alliance, Virginia Crossland
