Scene Reporter Arrested at Vanderbilt University

Scene staff writer Eli Motycka was reporting on student protests regarding campus speech and Israel’s military invasion of Gaza

Update, 3:57 p.m.: Davidson County District Attorney Glenn Funk told reporters through a spokesperson Tuesday afternoon, “This office will not prosecute a reporter for peacefully doing his or her job.”

Update, 4:45 p.m.: Motycka was released from custody and returned to Vanderbilt’s campus by the arresting officer at 4 p.m. Tuesday. He was not charged with a crime. Public Defender Martesha Johnson Moore tells Motycka that Judicial Magistrate Timothy Lee did not find probable cause to hear Vanderbilt’s charges against Motycka.

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