--- title: Donald Trump Rally Video Shows TIME Photographer Incident description: New video of a Secret Service agent's confrontation with a TIME photographer at a Donald Trump rally depicts the episode in more detail canonical: https://time.com/4242967/donald-trump-rally-secret-service-time-photographer-video/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-01T19:24:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:45:02.463Z article:section: Politics og:title: New Video Shows Secret Service Agent's Confrontation With TIME Photographer og:description: It shows the moments preceding the incident and the confrontation itself og:url: https://time.com/4242967/donald-trump-rally-secret-service-time-photographer-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: New Video Shows Secret Service Agent's Confrontation With TIME Photographer twitter:description: It shows the moments preceding the incident and the confrontation itself twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # New Video Shows Secret Service Agent's Confrontation With TIME Photographer > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ## Video: WATCH: Secret Service Agent's Confrontation With TIME Photographer [Watch (HLS stream): WATCH: Secret Service Agent's Confrontation With TIME Photographer](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/BtF2yZXo.m3u8) (0:46)  _Published 2016-03-08_ by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Mar 1, 2016 7:24 PM UTC by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Mar 1, 2016 7:24 PM UTC New video of [a Secret Service agent’s confrontation with a TIME photographer](http://time.com/4241899/donald-trump-rally-time-photographer-chris-morris/) at a Donald Trump rally depicts the episode in more detail, showing the agent grab the photographer by the neck with two hands and throw him to the ground. The photographer is standing within the designated press area with his arms at his side. The video, which TIME obtained Tuesday from a person present at the rally in Virginia on Monday, shows the moments preceding the incident and the confrontation itself. At a chaotic moment when protesters were being escorted out of the event, TIME contract photographer Chris Morris is seen in what [previous](https://twitter.com/JoePerticone/status/704379901420429313/video/1) [videos](https://twitter.com/moneyries/status/704391441011908608) have showed—and he himself has acknowledged—was a verbal confrontation with the agent. Then the agent grabs Morris by the neck with two hands, and throws him down, with Morris hitting a table before falling to the ground. (The sequence begins at about the 7-second mark of the video below.) As previously reported, TIME has contacted the U.S. Secret Service to express concerns about the agent’s use of force. The incident is under review and a statement from the Secret Service is expected as early as today. 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