Some individual writes:

"That Luke sometimes--often even--contributes to 'open publishing' media outlets doesn't automatically designate him a reporter."

That Luke publishes regularly to the DC Independent Media Center, an entity which has been officially recognized by the DC Metropolitan Police as media and whose contributors in the past have been granted media credentials by the MPD, makes a fairly strong case that video, audio or other media taken from him are actually covered under DC's shield law.

Of course, that hasn't stopped the DCMPD from illegally arresting accredited Indymedia reporters or carrying out other illegal and unconstitutional actions against them, which is one reason why the DC-IMC no longer requests media credentials from the MPD.

DCMPD's flagrant history of abusing the laws protecting journalists is recorded in numerous court-ordered monetary awards the city has had to pay to plaintiffs. It is a matter of record.