"This man is dangerous," Taylor Lorenz wrote in her witness report.
The complaint from the reporter for The Hill was one of several released Monday by the City of Charlottesville after the "Unite the Right" rally. A total of six people were arrested by city police and another by Virginia State Police.
The Hill covers Capitol Hill from Washington, D.C.
"This man came up and started yelling at me to stop recording," Lorenz wrote in her witness statement. "I showed him my press credentials (I'm a reporter) and he started screaming at me.
"Then he came up behind me, punched me in the face," she wrote.
That's when she fell forward.
"He knocked the phone from my hand and threw me to the ground," she continued. "I called for police to help. People were injured but I still didn't want him to get away with punching me then leaving. He kept threatening me, saying he would 'beat my ass.' Then he said his 'bitch' would beat my ass. I was so scared. This man is dangerous."
Lorenz was livestreaming during the events Saturday and tweeting.
The man who punched her was identified as Jacob L. Smith, 21, of Louisa, Virginia. He was arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault & battery on Aug. 12. He was released Monday morning on a $1,000 bond.
Virginia State Trooper Nigel Guishard was running security at Emancipation Park when someone came up to him.
"I was running security at Emancipation Park when a New York militiaman came up to me and stated that the accused was throwing something in the crowd," Guishard wrote in his statement. "After questioning the accused he stated, 'I'm sorry officer, I won't do it again.' He was throwing at the Nazi protestors in Emancipation Park."
The accused, Troy Dunigan, 21, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.
Virginia State Police arrested and charged a Charlottesville man, Robert K. Litzenberger, 47, with a misdemeanor after a trooper observed him spit on Jason Kessler.
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