A Black 'Wall Street Journal' reporter was detained while working outside a bank

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The Wall Street Journal is asking for answers from the Phoenix Police Department after one of its Black reporters was handcuffed and detained shortly after conducting interviews outside of a Chase Bank. The department said it has launched an internal investigation into the incident.

The incident between reporter Dion Rabouin and the Phoenix police officer took place in November, but became public this week after Phoenix TV station ABC15 reported on the incident.

"We're deeply concerned that Wall Street Journal reporter Dion Rabouin was detained, handcuffed and placed in the back of a police vehicle while reporting," a Journal spokesperson told NPR in a statement. "No journalist should ever be detained simply for exercising their First Amendment rights."

On Nov. 23, Rabouin, who is a finance reporter with the Journal based in New York, was detained in a Phoenix police car after conducting interviews about savings accounts outside a Chase Bank. Rabouin was in street clothes because he did not want people to believe he was trying to sell them something, ABC15 reported.