[OXENinFLA]

To add more to the confusion.

Franken emerged from the crowd and charged one male protester, grabbing him with a bear hug from behind and slamming him onto the floor.

Sounds more like a suplex to me.

Bear Hug?

[laker_dad]

Sounds more like a suplex to me

I was thinking the same thing... A bear hug is always done facing the person, grab around lower back, squeeze, press chin into solar plexis & down he goes.

[Britton J Wingfield]

Yup, sounds like a suplex. Ouch.