A reporter who was covering riots in Philadelphia Tuesday night was punched in the face several times after he refused to stop recording people who were looting a store. BlazeTV reporter Elijah Schaffer said he was jumped by “BLM rioters who were looting more than a dozen stores including WalMart, T-Mobile, and 5-Below.”
The city has been experiencing violence for the last couple of days following the shooting death of Walter Wallace Jr. Schaffer tweeted that he was approached by a group of people who demanded that he stop recording right before he was attacked.
“Though in pain, I didn’t stop reporting because Americans need to see what the corporate media refuses to show,” Schaffer tweeted. “Other journalists were filming but I was the only white person in the store I do believe I was targeted for being white as they accused me of being a white supremacist and did not attack people of color.”
In the last two days, more than 90 people have been arrested by Philadelphia Police and more than 30 police officers have been hurt in rioting which is widespread across the city.
