A news broadcast has captured the shocking moment a photographer was pushed into a fire by a SWAT team member in Denver, Colorado. The v...
A news broadcast has captured the shocking moment a photographer was pushed into a fire by a SWAT team member in Denver, Colorado.
The violent act was caught on camera amid coverage of riots in Denver, Colorado last week.
In the clip, the photographer is seen walking over to something on fire in the middle of the road, bending down and taking a picture.
But suddenly a man in SWAT gear marches over, lifts up the photographer by their backpack and hurls the person toward the flames.
A photographer is seen walking over to a small fire in the road in Denver, Colorado last week
Luckily, the victim does not appear hit the fire, quickly rolls away and stumbles to get up.
There is no audio to capture what was said between the pair but the SWAT officer appears to be shouting and he shoves the person out of the way and off to the sidewalk.
Several colleagues stand still and look on as the victim hurries away, checking behind themselves as they go.
Identities of the photographer and the SWAT member are unknown. But viewers noticed the attack while watching Fox 31 around 9.50pm on the third night of riots.
The footage was shown after the city’s 8pm curfew came into effect.
It's unclear whether the person was a credentialed member of the media.
Denver has seen protesting and rioting after the death of George Floyd in Minnesota last Monday.
But when they bend down to take a picture, a SWAT officer pushed them toward the flames
Demonstrators march in Denver, Colorado on Sunday to protest the death of George Floyd
In support of the wider Black Lives Matter movement, Americans have demanded the prosecution of four white police officers who played a part in killing the black man suspected by a store worker of using a counterfeit $20 bill to buy cigarettes.
When cops arrived at the scene of Cup Foods in Minneapolis, surveillance videos and cell phone footage from witnesses captured police violently detaining Floyd.
Then officer Derek Chauvin was seen kneeling into his neck for nearly nine minutes as he begged for his life, crying for his deceased mother and saying: ‘I can’t breathe, officer.’
As news outlets have covered the response at protests across the county, numerous journalists have been seen getting mistreated by law enforcement or getting arrested, despite showing their press credentials.
Videos have also captured police antagonizing peaceful protesters by violently pushing them, using pepper sprays on children, and recklessly driving patrol cars into crowds.
Some officials have been identified and reprimanded.
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