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TIME 'concerned' about Secret Service agent's choke-slamming of photographer [Vine]

The rhetoric onstage has become increasingly ugly as Donald Trump and Marco Rubio fight it out for their share of tomorrow night’s delegates. But things became really ugly and literally violent today in the crowd at a Trump rally in Radford, Va., and the clash wasn’t between Trump fans and protesters, but between a TIME photographer and Trump’s Secret Service detail.

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News reports covered the incident, but a Vine video managed to show just how violent the agent’s response was. Ignore the line of people headed out; keep your eyes toward the bottom-center of the video.

https://twitter.com/GayPatriot/status/704393903122812928

https://twitter.com/CarsonCityKid/status/704391583911641088

https://twitter.com/WilliamJake/status/704417304994516992

Here’s a shot of the photographer being led out by police.

https://twitter.com/YahooPolitics/status/704409986399481856

But wait, there’s more! Another unconfirmed photo is going around that seems to show the photographer grabbing the Secret Service Agent by the throat — not recommended.

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And here’s one more bit of context captured on video that helps explain the over-the-top response. (Language warning)

https://twitter.com/JoePerticone/status/704379901420429313

https://twitter.com/NolteNC/status/704387301380595712

https://twitter.com/Marcus_Porcius/status/704411122317684738

For what it’s worth, both the Secret Service and TIME are being very measured in their initial responses.

https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/status/704410479825846272

ABC’s Jonathan Karl says that the shot of the photographer grabbing the Secret Service agent by the throat came after the choke-slam, and the photographer was demonstrating what happened to him. If so, the obscenity might have set off the agent. So, who’s to blame?

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Some really are blaming Trump, if for nothing else than for creating the “climate” in which such incivility is encouraged.

https://twitter.com/nasko18/status/704412946403717120

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