Cleveland.com reports:
A protester outside the Ohio Statehouse on Friday, upset with what she thought was coronavirus reporting inciting fear, accosted a Columbus television reporter trying to cover the demonstration. The unidentified woman wasn’t wearing a mask and wasn’t keeping six feet of distance between her and NBC4 reporter Adrienne Robbins, who requested more than once that the woman keep more space to prevent transmission of the virus.
ABC News reports:
“How old are you?” the woman asked Robbins, after following her around for several minutes. “You are terrifying the general public, you realize that,” the unidentified protester says in video. “You know that the company that you work for is lying to the American people and you know that what you’re doing is wrong at the end of the day. You know it. You see how nervous you are? You’re shaking.”
Who is this woman? She’s bullying @ARobbinsTV pic.twitter.com/HDE79iWh2f
— Laura Hancock (@laurahancock) May 1, 2020
.@ARobbinsTV politely asked this woman to stay 6 feet away. She didnt. pic.twitter.com/nyAEhQMZCP
— Laura Hancock (@laurahancock) May 1, 2020
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know when to drop kick a motherfucker.
— Joyce Berry (@jdhwriter) May 1, 2020
The reporter is nervous and shaking, miss, because if you are an asymptomatic carrier of coronavirus you are spreading your micropdroplets all over her. This isn’t a lie. She’s also nervous because you responded aggressively and in a confrontational to a reasonably request.
— Steve Kastenbaum (@SKastenbaum) May 1, 2020
I asked this woman to respect my space after she was yelling and spitting in my face. She said i had no right to social distancing in public and continued to follow me. Complaining about my mask (that is meant to protect her and those around me). https://t.co/M7BX888z11
— Adrienne Robbins (@ARobbinsTV) May 1, 2020