Incident Details
- Date of Incident
- August 11, 2018
- Location
- Charlottesville, Virginia
- Targets
- Cal Perry (NBC News)
- Assailant
- Private individual
- Was the journalist targeted?
- Yes
Assault
On Aug. 11, 2018, NBC News reporter Cal Perry was covering an anti-racist demonstration in Charlottesville, Virginia, when protesters grabbed his TV camera and pushed it away.
Anti-fascist protesters gathered in Charlottesville to commemorate Heather Heyer, who was murdered during the far-right "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville the previous year.
While covering the demonstration, Perry tweeted that a number of protesters seemed hostile toward him and other reporters.
He later tweeted a video of an altercation with a protester.
“Fuck you, snitch ass news bitch,” a man can be heard saying in the video footage. “Fuck you!” The man then smacks the camera sideways.
Protesters very aggressive with media. #Charlottesville pic.twitter.com/CSYNyvBbeG
— Cal Perry (@CalNBC) August 12, 2018
“Fu** you, snitch ass news bitch. Fu** you”. #Charlotsville pic.twitter.com/JPl3480FUG
— Cal Perry (@CalNBC) August 12, 2018
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