Protesters gathered outside the White House ran off a Fox News journalist who had been covering clashes between the Secret Service and more than 100 people early Saturday morning.
The chase happened as Fox News reporter Leland Vittert was providing updates about the situation outside the White House, where Secret Service members in riot gear squared off with an angry crowd who hurled bricks, water, and verbal abuse for hours.
As Fox News went live to Vittert, the reporter said “media critics” were surrounding him before several protesters got into his face and began chanting “F— Fox News” as he and his crew scrambled to leave the area.
Video shared on Twitter showed a massive group of people chasing Vittert and his crew into the darkness of Lafayette Park across from the front of the White House.
The protestors chased out a reporter they believe to be from Fox News pic.twitter.com/6tpj0IAryV
— Jane Recker (@janerecker) May 30, 2020
Protests have erupted in dozens of U.S. cities across the country after 46-year-old George Floyd died while in the custody of the Minneapolis Police Department.
In Atlanta, protesters broke windows and threatened to storm the CNN headquarters as night fell Friday. Hours earlier, in the morning, CNN reporter Omar Jimenez and members of his camera crew were arrested by Minneapolis police. They were released soon after.
Floyd, a black man, died after white Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin restrained him by placing his knee on his neck for nearly nine minutes.
Chauvin and three other officers involved in Floyd’s detainment were fired on Tuesday. Chauvin was taken into custody on Friday and charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
