Reporter Dan Gray was caught in the crossfire as he was covering a Black Lives Matter protest and the protesters turned on him and his camerawoman. He says he was pushed and shoved, and yelled at, and it looks like the only reason they did it was because he was white.
It was caught on camera:
Scariest moment in my career. Protesters upset about not guilty verdict for an officer accused of killing a suspect, turn on me and media. pic.twitter.com/iZyvg3gX0p
— Dan Gray KTVI Fox 2 (@DanGrayTV) September 15, 2017
Here he is talking about it later:
Gray was hit by three water bottles, one in the back of the head and two in the shirt. They were angry, in his face and yelling.
“I understand their frustration I understand their anger, ” said Dan Gray. “Perhaps they needed someone to vent it to.”
One protester had been taunting the reporter and photographer all day. He was complaining about the media. The man told Dan Gray that he has been covering crime in St. Louis for over 30 years. He had been covering black on black crime for decades and, “didn’t do anything.”
That is when the crowd turned on the journalists. He was surrounded by the crowd. That is when a group swooped in to protect them. They walked the two to a safe place on Market Street. The crown began to diminish as they walked away.
“We are OK. We are fine,” said Dan Gray.
Pretty insane, and it doesn’t help their cause much. Do they think normal people want to join their “movement” when they see stuff like this? Because they won’t…