--- title: Donald Trump Campaign May Press Charges Against Protester description: The incident outside Trump Tower was caught on camera canonical: https://time.com/4023109/trump-guard-fight-protester/ author: Victor Luckerson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-04T16:00:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T10:42:23.849Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump Campaign Will 'Likely' Press Charges in Scuffle With Protester og:description: The incident outside Trump Tower was caught on camera og:url: https://time.com/4023109/trump-guard-fight-protester/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33f00094a1b1aa31/69886250a988ca7d986b430c/donald-trump3.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Campaign Will 'Likely' Press Charges in Scuffle With Protester twitter:description: The incident outside Trump Tower was caught on camera twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33f00094a1b1aa31/69886250a988ca7d986b430c/donald-trump3.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Trump Campaign Will 'Likely' Press Charges in Scuffle With Protester by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Sep 4, 2015 4:00 PM CUT  U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump holds up a signed pledge during a press availability at Trump Tower in New York City on Sept. 3, 2015. U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump holds up a signed pledge during a press availability at Trump Tower in New York City on Sept. 3, 2015.Lucas Jackson—Reuters by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Sep 4, 2015 4:00 PM CUT The Trump campaign has said it is considering [pressing charges](http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/09/03/guard-for-donald-trump-hits-protester/?%5Fr=0 "undefined") against a protester who got in an altercation with a Trump security team member. The incident occurred after protesters had gathered at Trump Plaza Wednesday to protest Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy. After a security guard took one protesters’ sign, a man identified by NY1 as Efraín Galicia chased the guard and grabbed him. The guard then hit the protester in the face. The entire incident was [caught on camera](http://www.ny1noticias.com/nyc/twc-ny1-noticias/noticias/2015/09/3/protestan-frente-a-torre-trump-.html# "undefined"). The Trump campaign told the [New York ](http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/09/03/guard-for-donald-trump-hits-protester/ "undefined")[_Times_](http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/09/03/guard-for-donald-trump-hits-protester/ "undefined")that the security member was “jumped from behind” and that it would “likely be pressing charges.” Galicia compared his treatment to the way Trump security handled Jorge Ramos, the Univision news anchor. 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