In the aftermath of Friday’s protest in front of the San Francisco home of a Google lawyer, a reporter says that he was assaulted for wearing Google Glass in the city's Mission District.

Kyle Russell, of Business Insider, said that his Glass was torn from his face as he was walking to a local BART (subway) station after filing his story on the protest.

As Russell described the incident:

The aforementioned colleague and I were on our way to the 16th Street BART station—I'll note that I wasn't using any device at the time—when a person put their hand on my face and yelled, "Glass!" In an instant the person was sprinting away, Google Glass in hand. I ran after, through traffic, to the corner of the opposite block. The person pivoted, shifting their weight to put all of their momentum into an overhand swing. The Google Glass smashed into the ground, and they ran in another direction. Not knowing what to do, I scooped up the remains and continued to follow. We went back in the direction of the intersection where it started when the person ran into my colleague while I was blocked by traffic. After a brief moment, the person got away.

Russell said he flagged down a nearby police officer and filed a report.

This isn’t the first time such an incident has taken place: in February 2014, a social media consultant claimed she was assaulted at a San Francisco bar for having worn Google Glass.

In his story for Business Insider, Russell lamented the incident:

The individual who smashed my Google Glass on Friday—because of political beliefs or a personal impact that has been made by the tech industry—felt that it was appropriate to destroy my personal property in protest against what I seemed to stand for, based on my appearance; never mind the irony in choosing to assault someone based on their appearance as a way to preserve San Francisco's culture.

On Twitter, Russell was asked whether or not he was getting a replacement device. The journalist posted late Saturday night: “Google has reached out about it. Sometimes things like this happen.” Google did not immediately respond to Ars’ questions as to whether the company has a standing policy to replace Google Glass “Explorers” headsets if they are assaulted for wearing them or how many similar incidents Google is aware of.