This is now the second time I have been mobbed and assaulted for filming a protest on U.S. streets. Today these Minneapolis protesters were chanting that they were “ANTIFA” and proved it, by mobbing and beating me for reporting on a public protest:

@Savsays You went there to get into ICE protesters face and are pissed they reacted. The First Amendment has never protected you from the consequences of your fellow citizens.

@Midwestisbest13 I wasn’t even speaking to them. They confronted, surrounded and assaulted me for just being there.

@Savsays @Midwestisbest13 Let’s include how it all started! You put your hands on her. It appears you assaulted her! @cnn @MSNBC @CBSNews @Tim_Walz @amyklobuchar @SenTinaSmith @Ilhan @MinneapolisPD @keithellison

@Miguel4lz @Savsays @Midwestisbest13 @CNN @MSNBC @CBSNews @Tim_Walz @amyklobuchar @SenTinaSmith @Ilhan @MinneapolisPD @keithellison Are you serious? She was holding her arm out to maintain personal space. That thing with a whistle in its mouth kept getting in her face. She was defending her space, not assaulting the cretin.

@CapriGem916 @Savsays @Midwestisbest13 @CNN @MSNBC @CBSNews @Tim_Walz @amyklobuchar @SenTinaSmith @Ilhan @MinneapolisPD @keithellison Hand in face (aggressive) → possibly assault Hitting her → very likely assault under Minnesota law Simply being annoyed or bothered (like by a whistle) would not justify hitting someone

@Miguel4lz @CapriGem916 @Savsays @Midwestisbest13 @CNN @MSNBC @CBSNews @Tim_Walz @amyklobuchar @SenTinaSmith @Ilhan @MinneapolisPD @keithellison Most reasonable people would see it as crossing a clear line into unacceptable behaviour 🙄

@MusicSamuelson @CapriGem916 @Savsays @Midwestisbest13 @CNN @MSNBC @CBSNews @Tim_Walz @amyklobuchar @SenTinaSmith @Ilhan @MinneapolisPD @keithellison However, you need to follow the law. Clear as day.

@Miguel4lz @CapriGem916 @Savsays @Midwestisbest13 @CNN @MSNBC @CBSNews @Tim_Walz @amyklobuchar @SenTinaSmith @Ilhan @MinneapolisPD @keithellison Stopping someone from invading your personal space is not illegal 🙄 force can be used when reasonable and proportional to the perceived threat. what a REASONABLE PERSON would believe is necessary under the same circumstances. What would you have done? Nothing?

@MusicSamuelson @CapriGem916 @Savsays @Midwestisbest13 @CNN @MSNBC @CBSNews @Tim_Walz @amyklobuchar @SenTinaSmith @Ilhan @MinneapolisPD @keithellison U R right that reasonable force can be used but under Minnesota law it has to b proportional 2 an actual threat of harm, not just some1 being in ur space or annoying you.

@MusicSamuelson @CapriGem916 @Savsays @Midwestisbest13 @CNN @MSNBC @CBSNews @Tim_Walz @amyklobuchar @SenTinaSmith @Ilhan @MinneapolisPD @keithellison Being close, filming, or using a whistle wouldn’t typically justify hitting some1. That’s where it crosses the line legally.

@Miguel4lz @CapriGem916 @Savsays @Midwestisbest13 @CNN @MSNBC @CBSNews @Tim_Walz @amyklobuchar @SenTinaSmith @Ilhan @MinneapolisPD @keithellison Deliberately blowing a loud whistle near someone's ear could be viewed as an intentional act causing bodily harm. Under Minnesota law, this could qualify as fifth-degree assault. Acoustic trauma counts as harm.

@MusicSamuelson @CapriGem916 @Savsays @Midwestisbest13 @CNN @MSNBC @CBSNews @Tim_Walz @amyklobuchar @SenTinaSmith @Ilhan @MinneapolisPD @keithellison “Could be” is doing a lot of work there. It depends on actual harm and intent not just the act itself. And it still doesn’t automatically justify escalating the situation.