See Runa Sanvik's feature on this

Phil writes, "Runa Sandvik of Freedom of the Press Foundation is systematically documenting the arrests of journalists in Ferguson, Missouri made during protests of the August 9 officer-committed shooting death of Michael Brown."

After each arrest, pursuant to the Missouri's Sunshine Law, Sandvik filed requests for public records using MuckRock, a Web-based service that provides a real-time view of all related correspondence with the applicable law enforcement agencies.

One of those requests, for all records detailing the arrests and detentions of Neil Munshi of the Financial Times, Robert Klemko of Sports Illustrated, and Rob Crilly of the Telegraph, on August 17, 2014, by by Missouri Highway Patrol Captain Ron Johnson, who has been the lead law enforcement officer on the scene since Governor Jay Nixon removed St. Louis County Police from Ferguson protest duty, was recently completed. In a letter dated August 22, 2014, Keverne L. McCollum, Missouri State Highway Patrol Custodian of Records, reported that MSHP have no such records: