I don’t see anyone kicking him. He ends up on the ground but it isn’t clear how that happened, as he was part of the action and may have been resisting people trying to move him out. Security people are trying to move him out. One guy assumed a “put up your dukes” position but clearly didn’t hit him.
This is typical, that someone says people are kicking or hitting someone while they are down and the media runs with that, and does anyone really watch what happened?
That said, anyone trying to pull this crap in a crowd of thousands is asking for trouble and attempting to create a situation and be a martyr.
I didn’t see anyone kicking him either. He kept being a jerk, so he was obviously not hurt. Like you said, we can’t see how he landed on the ground. Probably did it himself to make it harder to throw him out. He managed to get on his feet and keep disrupting for some time after. They had a hard time getting him out because they weren’t hurting him. The media wants anyone but Trump.
I didn’t either, at first.
Lady runs up and kicks him at about 22 seconds. Others hold her off.
It’s better to acknowledge it, condemn it, and point out that majority were doing their best to calm the situation down.
There have *always* been protestors at rallies. People have to learn to deal with it without being fodder for CNN bias.
Thank you for posting, I was starting to wonder if anyone else had actually watched the video or if everyone was just going to believe the media reports of it.
The video I saw doesn’t show the guy going down, but he sure as hell is trying to stay down by resisting all efforts to get him up and out. He bucks his legs, then he clearly throws a punch when they are trying to lift him. He is NOT performing passive resistance (lying down, holding arms over head for protection, keeping the rest of the body limp).
The wanna-be boxer guy is hilarious with that Rocky stance, but I didn’t see where he actually took any swings at him. He also puts his foot out at one point but he is too far away to have made any meaningful contact (if at all).
If anyone else kicked the guy when he was down I couldn’t see it.
Someone else mentioned the Secret Service, they are not event security and their ONLY mission is to protect Mr. Trump. So they would not normally get involved unless the guy rushed the stage or pulled a weapon.