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FBI Probes Assault on TPUSA Reporter After New Video From Minneapolis Protest

The case is testing how authorities handle attacks on journalists at volatile immigration protests.

Overview

  • Savanah Hernandez, who was reporting in Minneapolis on Saturday, says a man shoved her to the ground while she covered an anti–Immigration and Customs Enforcement protest outside the Whipple Federal Building.
  • New footage Hernandez posted Monday appears to capture Chris Ostroushko telling his daughter to retrieve a whistle and blow it in Hernandez’s ear moments before the confrontation.
  • Hennepin County deputies arrested Ostroushko and Lorenzo Garcia for obstruction with force, and they arrested Paige Ostroushko for disorderly conduct after reviewing the clash.
  • Federal authorities are now investigating, with the FBI and the Justice Department opening a criminal probe into the assault, according to the latest reports.
  • Hernandez says she is now afraid to keep doing street reporting after the attack, which involved a whistle near her ear, and doctors warn such blasts can damage hearing.