simple assault

D.C. police charged two women with simple assault after an altercation that led to a Black special police officer punching a white supporter of President Donald Trump, an incident caught in a video that went viral. The licensed, unarmed officer, Ashanti Smith, says she was acting in self-defense. “It was a large group of protesters coming down, and they...

D.C. police charged two women with simple assault after an altercation that led to a Black special police officer punching a white supporter of President Donald Trump, an incident caught in a video that went viral. Tracee Wilkins reports.