CNN journalist April Ryan's bodyguard charged with assault for forcibly removing reporter from event

[PoliticAverse]

A CNN journalist’s bodyguard faces criminal charges after he allegedly forced a local reporter out of an event in New Brunswick, first taking the journalist’s camera and then twisting his arm behind his back.

Charlie Kratovil, editor of New Brunswick Today, said a guard working for long-time White House correspondent April Ryan violently removed him from the August 3 event at The Heldrich Hotel.

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A criminal complaint dated August 19 charges 30-year-old Joel Morris of Country Club Hills, Illinois, with harassment, assault and theft. It alleges Morris took Kratovil’s arm and shoved it behind his back, injuring his forearm and shoulder. The harassment and theft charges stem from Morris taking the camera, according to the complaint.

Read the rest at:
https://www.nj.com/middlesex/2019/08/cnn-journalist-april-ryans-bodyguard-charged-with-assault-for-forcibly-removing-reporter-from-event.html

[Sneederbunk]

1. It must be 2019. Journalists have personal bodyguards.

[Nitram]

2. Weird story. No explanation as to why he was removed while others taking photos and videos

remained.

[Catherine Vincent]

3. Interesting

She's not really a CNN journalist is she? More like a contributor...the same as Republican Rick Santorum.