TIME photojournalist appears to be slammed, arrested by Secret Service at Trump rally in Virginia
Feb 29, 2016
Gannon Burgett
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Today, at Donald Trump’s rally at Radford University, in Virginia, a photojournalist was seen being taken down by a Secret Service agent while capturing the activists protesting the rally.
In a video posted by reporter Joe Perticone, TIME photojournalist Chris Morris can be seen being taken down by a a Secret Service agent.
https://twitter.com/JoePerticone/status/704367346916462592
@mattdpearce Well it's a good thing I went ahead and captured it then. pic.twitter.com/nHe4gNUvTH
— Jake Godin (@JakeGodin) February 29, 2016
In a subsequential tweet shared by reporter Annie Andersen, she says Morris was not only taken down, but arrested.
Hearing @time magazine photog Chris Morris was just arrested at Trump rally. Seen tussling with Secret Service officer.
— Annie Andersen (@Annie_Andersen) February 29, 2016
In the video, Morris appears taken to the ground in a rough manner. While on the ground, it appears he is in a defensive position, although it seems as though he does kick away the agent as someone walks in front of the camera. After getting up, Morris is seen motioning that the agent grabbed his throat to slam him down. Morris then appears to grab the agent’s throat, reenacting what was done to him.
Other photographers and agents then intervened and Morris can be seen being escorted away.
UPDATE: Morris appears to no longer be detained and clarifies what happened in the scuffle.
Just talked to @time magazine report Chris Morris. He says he was originally arrested but just detained. @ABC13News pic.twitter.com/QknmuAbifG
— Annie Andersen (@Annie_Andersen) February 29, 2016
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
Update 2: TIME has written a detailed account of what occurred.
Gannon Burgett
Gannon Burgett is a communications professional with over a decade of experience in content strategy, editing, marketing, multimedia content creation. He’s photographed and written content seen across hundreds of millions of pageviews. In addition to his communications work for various entities and publications, Gannon also runs his multimedia marketing agency, Ekleptik Media, where he brings his expertise as a full-stack creator to help develop and execute data-driven content strategies. His writing, photos, and videos have appeared in USA Today, Car and Driver, Road & Track, Autoweek, Popular Mechanics, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, DPReview, PetaPixel, Imaging Resource, Lifewire, Yahoo News, Detroit Free Press, Lansing State Journal, and more.
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