Jack Posobiec and his news crew were detained for an hour by armed police protecting the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Monday as they were gathered at sidewalk cafe table. Posobiec says one of the officers kept pointing what he identified MP5 submachine gun at Posobiec. Posobiec, his crew and their van were searched by police. The detention ended when independent reporter Savanah Hernandez showed up and refused to stop filming and asking questions. A plain clothes officer told Hernandez there was “a reason” why Posobiec was being detained. Posobiec’s brother Kevin filmed the detention from across the street. (Initial report by The Gateway Pundit at this link.)
BREAKING: US Journalist @JackPosobiec has been detained by Swiss police.
They refused to tell me the reason he and his team have been detained.
He shares that police pointed guns at him and stopped him because he “looked suspicious”. pic.twitter.com/sv6XLlT0EC
— Anon News (@AnonNews14) May 23, 2022
Davos, Day 1- Posobiec tells me he was detained for an hour. It wasn’t until I started reporting on his detainment that they decided to leave: pic.twitter.com/K8jVhHednG
— Anon News (@AnonNews14) May 23, 2022
Posobiec did a live stream after he was released and explained what happened:
We just got DETAINED at Davos by WEF Police https://t.co/C4gz5UFWUE
— WEF Detainee Poso (@JackPosobiec) May 23, 2022
Posobiec also filmed the start of the police detention.
BREAKING: We just got detained at Davos pic.twitter.com/WVLTUTzkgg
— WEF Detainee Poso (@JackPosobiec) May 23, 2022
WEF Police pic.twitter.com/0TUU1GXG9w
— WEF Detainee Poso (@JackPosobiec) May 23, 2022
Benny Johnson observes, “The World Economic Forum has it’s own paramilitary force complete with @wef BADGES and armed with military-grade weapons. They are harassing and detaining journalists at-will. By what authority do they operate? Who do commands them? Do Swiss authorities have any say?”
BREAKING: The World Economic Forum has it’s own paramilitary force complete with @wef BADGES and armed with military-grade weapons.
They are harassing and detaining journalists at-will.
By what authority do they operate? Who do commands them?
Do Swiss authorities have any say? pic.twitter.com/7jxHbFzo8Y— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) May 23, 2022
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