Without video, it is very difficult to judge who’s in the wrong here.
On the one hand, it could be that Ross — a liberal, but a bit older and not known for being an “attack dog” — was politely but persistently doing his job, trying to get an on-the-record answer from a reluctant POTUS candidate about an important health issue.
On the other hand, it could be that Ross went into an area where, he knew or should have known, was off limits to reporters, and thus was treated (by bodyguards and police) like an imposter-dressed-as-a-reporter who was trying to assault a candidate for the presidency.
One witness cited in the story, a reporter for now far-left TIME, admitted that Ross “dashed” after Bachmann and “made a beeline” for her SUV. Now consider: If you are a cop or bodyguard assigned to protect Bachmann from potential assassins, and you don’t immediate recognize the sprinting Ross, are you going to bodily bar/ tackle him, or not?
I think Ross pursued her SUV in the parking garage. If he did ignore repeated requests to stay back, then he was out of line.
But I agree, without a video, it’s hard to say what happened.
I would probably have just dropped the skunk in his tracks. Al qaeda uses ‘TV poseurs’ to assassinate folks don’tchaknow.