Time reporter choked and slammed to the ground at Donald Trump rally

An altercation between a photographer and Secret Service at a Trump rally.

(Image credit: Screenshot: Instagram/CChorniak)

published 29 February 2016

Donald Trump's rallies aren't known for being peaceful affairs, from the forcible removal of protesters to all-out altercations. The candidate himself has threatened from the stage to throw a punch. The latest instance of violence out of Trumptown is pretty brutal, however, as Time reporter Chris Morris was reportedly choked and thrown to the ground by a security guard at the GOP frontrunner's rally in Radford, Virginia, on Monday. An attendee captured the confrontation on video and posted it to Instagram, but has since deleted the clip; luckily, Mashable captured a GIF from the video in which, near the bottom of the frame, a man in a suit (the security guard) can be clearly seen grabbing another man (Morris) by the throat and throwing him to the ground:

It's not entirely clear whether the security agent was a Secret Service officer or a private guard, Gawker notes. See more context and visuals of the incident here.