Family Indicted After TPUSA Reporter Assaulted at Protest
A confrontation outside a federal building in Minnesota has led to federal charges against three members of the same family, following an incident captured on video during a protest earlier this month. Christopher…
A confrontation outside a federal building in Minnesota has led to federal charges against three members of the same family, following an incident captured on video during a protest earlier this month.
Christopher Ostroushko, 51, along with Deyanna Ostroushko, 46, and their daughter Paige Ostroushko, 20, were indicted in connection with the alleged Assault of Savanah Hernandez, according to an announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice, per the New York Post.
The incident took place outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building during an anti-ICE protest on April 11.
Video footage from the scene shows a chaotic sequence of events. Authorities say Christopher Ostroushko allegedly shoved Hernandez to the ground while shouting, “Don’t f**king touch my daughter!”
Moments earlier, another protester had been seen striking Hernandez, knocking her backward into a fence, according to the footage.
The video also shows additional physical contact as the situation escalated.
Hernandez, who was covering the protest, said she had been filming the event when she was identified by a group in the crowd.
“Hernandez was allegedly surrounded, physically assaulted, and shoved to the ground — simply because she was identified by the defendants as a conservative journalist,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement.