Watch TiZA executive director Asad Zaman "attack" KSTP cameraman [VIDEO]

• There is nothing wrong with the actions of the staff here. They do not have permission to take video of students, there was no media release from the parents or school.

• I'm having trouble finding sensible logic in your comment here Kirk. First off this wasn't an Anoka-Hennepin school board meeting, it was a normal day at an elementary school. And yes, I am saying that when news crews wish to film in/on school grounds, they need permission. The charter school is private property, not a public park. In fact, I mentioned, as stated in the article, that KARE-11 was already at the school speaking with TiZA faculty, meaning they were most likely permitted to do-so. Otherwise I'm sure they would've been met with the same attitude as KSTP, who after not getting phone calls returned, decided heck lets just show up anyway and start filming students and the school. Second. In reference to your comment "Would it have been ok for the board to attack LGBT people that stacked the meetings because they "did not ask for permission" and they live outside the district?" Explain to me the relevancy of you bringing in the LGBT community into this conversation? In no way shape or form was this article or even the line of stories about TiZA ever been about the impact on/of the LGBT community. Nice job fishing for a controversial angle, not gonna work here. Your confusing/misguided sentence/thought process is trying to equate news crews showing up at private elementary schools, to LGBT groups that show up to school board meetings to voice their concern over an ignorant, don't ask don't tell policy-esque stance of remaining "neutral" in regards to  sexual orientation in class. (Which was recently overturned, and the new "respectful exchanges of views" was put in place) It's hard for me to be careful about commenting on an issue I didn't bring up, but rather you did, in a weak attempt at sparking more controversy over a non-related topic. Bottom line: KSTP should've been granted permission, instead of showing up and just start filming. Had they, they may have been treated better, such as the KARE-11 team that was already there, interviewing school officials. Sure Zaman could've handled it differently, but KSTP is making it out to be like this is the first time in TV-NEWS history that someone didnt want to be interviewed, and instead grabbed the camera. It happens all the time.

• Are you saying the news crews should not have been allowed into anoka-hennipen school board meetings because they "did not ask for permission" to enter the school?  Would it have been ok for the board to attack LGBT people that stacked the meetings because they "did not ask for permission" and they live outside the district? Careful with that, you will inspire hate from the LBGT Besides, TIZA has shown their mission to hide the facts before.

• BTW nice choice of having an oxymoron for a name. Your credibility was shot from the get-go.

• And then what? I'm sorry, you misunderstood, I wasn't looking for travel destination advice. Having actually been to all of them, I'm curious what you're implying with such a vague comment. If you're in East St. Louis, I'd reccommend Best Fish House off MLK Drive. Too many good food options in Detroit to mention. Corrine's Place in Camden is reaally good too. But you were saying....?

• Move to Detroit or East St. Louis or Gary Indiana or Camden New Jersey, bitch.

• You take pride in being an ignorant dimwit? On another note, based on an assumption that Channel 5 never asked for permission to film the students or faculty on school grounds, I'd be pissed too if they were there trying to make a story during the school day after Kare11 already was granted permission and currently filming there. Who would want multiple news camera teams running amok in a school? So he grabbed the camera, who gives a crap, tons of people who get mobbed by cameras do this all the time. Channel 5 decided to milk an otherwise dead story by saying "photojournalist being treated by ambulance"? Did he pull a knife? Throw punches? No all that was said was he grabbed the camera. If it was a bigger story, KARE-11, who was on the scene, would've said something. Quit being sissies KSTP.

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