Time Magazine Photographer Choked and Kicked by Trump Security at Rally
This is how reporters are treated at Trump rallies pic.twitter.com/hMxuEoKVeG
— Gabby Morrongiello (@gabriellahope_) February 29, 2016
With Donald Trump’s penchant for inciting anger and violence at protesters and media at his rallies, today it’s being reported that Time Magazine photographer Chris Morris was choked and thrown to the ground by a Trump security guard.
Morris told an NBC journalist earlier that he did nothing to provoke the violence, except to put one foot outside the press pen while photographing protesters.
It’s being reported now that Morris was assaulted by a USSS agent, not a private Trump security guard, but isn’t yet confirmed by the Secret Service.
Time photog Chris Morris tells me how he was grabbed and taken down at Trump rally pic.twitter.com/XKDJarpXda— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) February 29, 2016
Here’s video showing the entire assault — this photographer really was violently assaulted and choked.
A statement from the US Secret Service:
Secret Service issues statement on incident with photographer at Trump rally earlier today: pic.twitter.com/yiZQc3WULW
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) February 29, 2016
