Donald Trump guard punches Latino protester outside Trump Tower


On Thursday, while Donald Trump was inside New York's Trump Tower signing his pledge of allegiance to the Republican Party, protesters were outside railing against what they called his harsh rhetoric regarding Latinos. Trump's security guards started taking away their signs, and one protester, identified as Efraín Galicia, went to grab back a big blue sign reading "Trump: Make America Racist Again" — and he also grabbed at the security guard, who turned and delivered a pretty vicious punch to the head. You can watch the encounter, courtesy of NY1:
Galicia compared his treatment to that of TV news personality Jorge Ramos, who was escorted out of an earlier Trump press conference by a guard who bears a striking resemblance to the one who punched Galicia. The Trump campaign, meanwhile, said that a member of Trump's security detail had been "jumped from behind," and that it would "likely be pressing charges."
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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.
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