Is anyone watching Ali Velshi on MSNBC! He got tear gassed.

[BigmanPigman]

He said the cops are getting aggressive now, more than in the past few nights. Ali is getting nailed again.

He is in Minneapolis reporting.

[AntiFascist]

1. He also got hit by a rubber bullet or something in the leg...

maybe they don't like MSNBC's message all of a sudden.

[BigmanPigman]

3. I saw that too.

[DURHAM D]

6. I have been trying to figure out if the press is showing

any signage. iows - I don't think Ali and his crew have any signage because I hear them repeatedly say "Press. Press"

[AntiFascist]

8. Somethings up at MSNBC, did anyone else just see Chris Jansing throw down her tablet? n/t

[txwhitedove]

13. Yes, she looked mad. They cut in again with the breaking news flash and then back

to her - surprise!

[Rhiannon12866]

16. And she's a real pro, she used to be our local news anchor here from Albany, New York

Until she was hired by the network.

[Rhiannon12866]

9. He said he was hit in the leg with a rubber bullet

That law enforcement moved in and split the crowd and with no provocation started dispensing tear gas and shooting rubber bullets.

[still_one]

2. There is a curfew going on, what did they think would happen?

[Rhiannon12866]

4. He said it just started with no provocation, they started deploying tear gas

He got hit and so did his crew.

[Dagstead Bumwood]

5. When they switched to Morgan

(I believe that's his name) it got really intense. Looked like some Mid-East skirmish there for a minute with the explosions and yelling.

[DURHAM D]

7. Fortunately he was wearing his mask. nt

[Rhiannon12866]

10. Ali said it happened so quickly he didn't have a chance to get his mask on

Looks like they have gas masks as well as the quarantine masks they've all been wearing.

[DURHAM D]

11. That was the second time Ali was gassed.

Also, just before he got hit again he was showing all the clouds of gas on the streets.

If he got hit with a rubber bullet that is a whole other matter. It is not clear if that happened but if it did I assume that was a deliberate attack on the press.

[Rhiannon12866]

12. MSNBC video of Ali Velshi and crew getting hit with tear gas and rubber bullets:

Police Shoot Tear Gas Toward MSNBC Crew, Protesters, 'There Was No Warning Whatsoever' | MSNBC

Ali Velshi and his crew are hit by tear gas while reporting from the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis.

[BigmanPigman]

14. I hope he gets a raise after this!

[Rhiannon12866]

15. I know! He's been on the front lines since this started!

And I hope that there's a medical crew for his leg!