The State - News from April 9, 1989
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The San Francisco Police Depatment promised to stop officers from impersonating television cameramen while videotaping demonstrations after two broadcast journalists discovered an impostor in their midst. Police Chief Frank Jordan, who made the promise when broadcast organizations attacked the practice, confirmed that a police officer had posed as a cameraman for KING-TV of Seattle while videotaping a protest in front of the El Salvador consul general’s office. The incident came to light after two journalists from KGO-TV noticed someone they believed to be an impostor filming the peaceful protest.
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