resulting in the pushback.

Like any fresh situation, will wait for things to actually come out before really settling in on things.

Another reporter who witnessed the entire thing has pictures and said the photographer grabbed the agent after he was assaulted by him.

The link is in the other thread about this.

I'll wait 24 hours before we really know for full what's going on.

in question wasn't too bright.

ugly. Looks like it's getting uglier still.

A candidate with a following of belligerent idiots is not a healthy thing for a democracy.

I don't know if it was Secret Service or some thugs hired by Trump.

incidents at Trump rallies in multiple venues in which protestors or reporters were subjected to scorn if they expressed contradiction to the candidate. Some were roughed up.

It wouldn't surprise me if the protesters, the thugs that beat on them, and the cheerleaders are all actors hired by Trump.

He is a showman.

at that.

It would not displease me to witness the demise of his appeal to (now) roughly half the GOP voting base.

How this would crystalize in the real world remains up for discussion.

It's posted in the OP.

This is weird - one expects the Secret Service to be better at their jobs than this.

An odd story, but Secret Service protection is given to presidential nominees, and the Secret Service would bear responsibility for this.

what happens when you step out of the free speech pen.

Black Lives Matter Protest

Why isn't the media running with this? Hmmm

I really am. I would expect his private security to behave like animals, but not our secret service. I hope that young man is removed from service. Shameful.

wait to condemn the Secret Service.

before the agent threw him to the floor. You may have to watch several times to see it as it goes fast but the agent touched Morris right arm and speaks into his ear. You then see Morris shove forward as the agent is shoved backwards - a chest bump. About half a second later, Morris is on the ground.

Add the "fuck you" that Morris gave the agent and I'm not surprised that he ended up on the floor. Morris = Not Bright.

http://giphy.com/gifs/mashable-ouch-trump-xT9DPC6VftJUgNtYmk?utm_source=iframe&utm_medium=embed&utm_campaign=tag_click

I really have a problem too with the Secret Service being used to cage the press. Apparently Trump uses this as a "prop" and points to the fenced area as he articulates his feelings about the press.

I don't like Trump and I am not too impressed with our mostly servile MSM press, but it is really disturbing that the Secret Service are acting as bouncers to keep the press in place.

You're going down the right path, asking real questions about the situation. What was this guy doing? Maintaining a rope line that was crossed by a photographer trying to get a photo?

Getting slammed to the floor seems excessive, especially if use of force involved an objection to his free speech.

How's the camera?

but only one managed to get into an altercation over it. Had he not Fuck You'd and chest-bumped him, there would have been no bouncing. And I would think that reaction would have occurred no matter if they were at a Trump, Hillary, or Obama event.

I'm not a lawyer, but I thought...

Force can only be used when needed to arrest someone and/or there is an imminent threat of death or injury. There is no legal justification for slamming and choking someone who isn't being arrested and isn't creating an imminent risk of death/harm.

Oh wait... We live in a police state, so the SS don't even try to follow the laws.