‘You Touched the Officer!’ LAPD Officer Goes Ballistic on ABC Reporter in Wild Clash at Protest

POLICE OFFICER: “Back up!”
GUTMAN: “You’re on TV. And now you are pushing me on live television Alright, we didn’t touch anybody. You know that’s true. Okay, I got it. So, as you can see, obviously, tensions are extremely high here.”
POLICE OFFICER: “Yes, because you touched the officer!”
GUTMAN: “We have video testimony we didn’t touch the officer. Okay. Obviously, massively high tensions here. These folks are tired, they are also hot. It is a long day and it’s been a long week.”
POLICE OFFICER 2: “Don’t touch the officers.”
GUTMAN: “We clearly didn’t touch the officers.”
POLICE OFFICER 2: “Yes, you did!”
GUTMAN: “We’re on live television, sir.”
POLICE OFFICER 2: “Yes, you did!”
GUTMAN: “Okay. Thank you so much. We will stay back. We appreciate what you’re doing here. Tensions are high That was a moment that we haven’t experienced very often here. I think that there has been respect between media and law enforcement here. We have kept our distance.”