Savanah Hernandez's assault gains national attention

When Savanah Hernandez was attacked outside the Whipple Federal Building, Alpha News MN was the first to report on the incident. Sunday night, I taped the 10:00 news on KSTP and KARE11 to see if they'd covered the event. Both stations whiffed. Monday night, I checked the Fox9 website and found their article on the incident. They reported "The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office said it was investigating the incident outside the Whipple federal building on Saturday. Deputies said four people will be charged in connection to Saturday's protest. Deputies say three will be charged in connection to the assault of a journalist and a deputy."

According to the Fox9 article, "The fourth individual is set to face charges related to gross misdemeanor obstruction with force against a deputy, the sheriff's office adds."

I don't know if this family was charged in Mary Moriarty's jurisdiction in Hennepin County. I'm certain, though, that Assistant AG Harmeet Dhillon has opened a civil rights investigation into this incident:

Border Czar Tom Homan lends his moral support to Savanah: What's getting said:
In a tweet on Sunday, Hernandez said she woke up with a headache and a stiff neck. She also said that charges would be filed against the man who shoved her to the ground, his wife, and his daughter.

"A second angle shows that he had to be held back by 5 men as he continued to charge at me," Hernandez wrote. "I didn't speak a word to him all day yet he repeatedly called me a bitch and very clearly looks like he wanted to violently hurt me even worse than he did."

These potential crimes might qualify for federal prosecution, too. It's possible that crimes were committed on federal property, which might turn this into federal jurisdiction. Further, Ms. Hernandez was reporting, which is a potential violation of Ms. Hernandez's civil rights, aka her First Amendment rights. That's why the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating, too.

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