Posted by caleb on Nov 7, 2011 in
Personal From CNN.com today:
Caleb Hays, who shot a video of the hit-and-run, said protesters had converged on the area.
“One lady jumped on the hood as the car screeched to a halt. As they stepped back, the driver tried to leave. At that point, the driver hit the woman who had jumped on his car. He sped off as she lay on the ground, unmoving.’
To read the rest of the article…
WDIV Detroit also carried the CNN story.
I was also interviewed by USLaw.com, a perhaps decidedly more pro-Occupy site:
The Pittsburg State student and banquet attendee who captured this video believes the woman who was struck by the car had jumped on the hood of the vehicle while it was stopped in front of the harassing protesters. While he was unable to determine the driver’s intent, he did suggest the protesters had created an atmosphere of fear and physical intimidation in the vicinity.
For the full article, please visit USLaw.com
We were also interviewed by Slate.com/MSNBC, and while we are not specifically sourced in this interview, it uses some of our conversation as basis: Slate.com
My friend Katy Benningfield of Katy’s Conservative Corner sums it all up here.
Tags: #Dream11, #OccupyDC, #OWS, AFP, AFPF, americans for prosperity, Defending the American Dream, hit and run
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
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
Tonight in DC several hundred OccupyDC protestors turned violent and attacked the DC Convention Center buildings.
Protestors barricaded the doors an refused to allow #Dream11 attendees to peacefully exit, requiring the assurance of security officers.
DC Metro Police did nothing to stop the protestors from blocking doors (fire hazard), blocking streets (traffic safety hazard), or making threats against attendees. In fact, they did everything they could to protect the violent protestors.
These videos and photos serve as proof.
Hit and Run
Being tailed by OccupyDC Protestor
OccupyDC protestors blocking all surrounding intersections
“This is Prosperity”
Tags: #Dream11, #OWS, AFP, Defending the American Dream
