Here is a video of a New Orleans reporter trying access a public beach:
This is a public beach, and BP doesn’t have any right to keep anyone off the beach. I am glad that the reporter did contact the Sheriff’s office and forced BP Security to stand down.
The video also suggests that the security had intimated the workers not to talk to the media. I know from my own job that I am not suppose to talk to the media if an issue were to occur. I am to refer them to the our media office.
I can’t really speak about the workers in this case. However, it would have been interesting to see what would happen if one of them did. Personally, I feel the main security guard should be at least fined for denying the reporter his rights to the public beach.
