Northeast Ohio Media Group crime editor arrested during Brelo verdict protest

It was shortly after 9:30 p.m. when officers in riot gear corralled us into an alley. With their shields in hand, then chanted, "Move back."

I realized we were pinned in, and I didn't have my press pass.

Dumb move. The dumbest move.

As I tried to make my way through the line with another group of reporters, I knew then that I was going to jail.

"A business card isn't going to cut it," the officer told me.

It didn't matter. I didn't have business cards either.

They put zip ties around my wrists and sat me on a sidewalk in an adjoining alley. On my right was a young black man who went by Moop.

The officers were polite. We asked what kind of rounds they had.

"Bean bags," the state trooper said.