Video Surfaces Of Pittsburgh Police Officer Allegedly Assaulting Reporter During Trump Rally
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Video of a Pittsburgh Police officer allegedly shoving a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reporter has surfaced on social media.
Reporter Megan Guza posted video of the alleged assault on Twitter late Wednesday night.
A protester was nice enough send me video of the shoving pic.twitter.com/76aW0KFFOz
— Megan Guza (@meganguzaTrib) April 14, 2016
Guza tweeted that she was okay, saying, "Thank you for the concern. Little bit of blood, but didn't even rip the tights!"
Here's me getting shoved by police pic.twitter.com/faBWITKZN0
— Megan Guza (@meganguzaTrib) April 14, 2016
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto says his office is aware of the incident and the video has been shared with authorities.
Megan shared video w Chief, PSD & COS. We've been in contact all afternoon & evening. Chief will call you in AM. https://t.co/1vu916dYvL
— bill peduto (@billpeduto) April 14, 2016
KDKA's Ralph Iannotti reports that things were pretty chaotic outside the Trump rally.
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At least one person was arrested at the Convention Center rally, and two police officers were pepper sprayed by a protester.