Witnesses at a Black Lives Matter protest in Seattle are saying that a Fox News team abandoned their vehicle after hitting a demonstrator.
The incident was said to have occurred inside Seattle’s Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) zone, according to reports.
“A Fox News reporter shoved a woman in CHOP,” one witness wrote on Twitter. “Protestors surround her to protect and demand an apology from the reporter and in response this individual laughed. They have now abandoned their vehicle.”
According to one report, “the reporter and cameraman actively drove into a black male protestor” while trying to flee the scene.
Video captured by Converge Media showed a black truck abandoned in a crosswalk in the protest area.
“I came in front of the car and he kept driving!” a protester explained to Converge Media. “He would not stop his car. This is a crosswalk. I’m pressing charges. Assault with a vehicle. That’s a deadly weapon. I’m suing Fox News. You’re going to pay this Black man.”
Take a look at the video clip below and a few tweets that reported the incident.
In trying to flee, the reporter and camera man actively drove into a black male protestor in the sidewalk. Not a good look for @FoxNews.
— Ash Marquez (@ash_catchemmm) June 29, 2020
#CHOP/#CHAZ protesters are blocking what they claim is a Fox News vehicle from leaving the area. Armed "security" is at the scene. #seattleprotest LIVEhttps://t.co/siUeTDi2wf
— Gays for Trump (@GaysForTrumpTN) June 29, 2020
David Lewis says that the #FoxNews reporter shoved Rashyla (a Black woman who is a known protest operative who is rumored to work for the mayor) and when the crowd insisted that he apologize to her, he laughed. The alleged vehicular assault happened after this incident.
— ThisMxFightsFascists (@AddamsMx) June 29, 2020
#CHOP Alleged Fox reporter. His vehicle is now being protested pic.twitter.com/lXikPqF2RS
— chris fagan (@ChrisFaganJazz) June 29, 2020
#CHOP Unconfirmed talk now that the individual in car is Fox news reporter with private security
— chris fagan (@ChrisFaganJazz) June 29, 2020
Not sure what happened but there’s arguing and anger outside a Fox News crew car. Some people saying “why did you hurt her” #CHOP pic.twitter.com/93kTvvGEgH
— Lindsey "Member of the Media" Wasson (@lindseywasson) June 29, 2020
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