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CNN Report: Police, Convention Security Removed Suspects In Taunting Incident

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CNN reports that police and RNC Convention security immediately removed two people from the Tampa Bay Times Forum after they taunted a black CNN camera operator and said, “This is how we feed animals.”

The RNC Convention in a statement on the incident said: 

“Yesterday two attendees exhibited deplorable behavior. Their conduct was inexcusable and unacceptable. This kind of behavior will not be tolerated.”

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