Mohawk journalist's arrest violates Constitution his ancestors inspired

“You’re under arrest.”

“I’m a reporter.”

“I don’t care.”

I laughed at the prospect of being arrested for covering a story.

May 21 started like any other for a local reporter: out in my community, Akwesasne, looking for news worth sharing.

Then, I got a call about a potential story on Barnhart Island in Massena, New York. The island is one of our ancestral Akwesasne lands, Mohawk Territory on the northern New York border with Canada, carved apart by colonial powers...