NEW VIDEO: Man beaten during Michael Rosfeld verdict protest in Clairton Cell phone video shows teens beating man who revved his engine at them during road blockage. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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US THROUGH THE VIDEO TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED. BEAU: TO BE FAIR, THE VIDEO BEGINS MIDWAY THROUGH THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS, SO YOU CANNOT SEE WHAT LED UP TO IT, BUT YOU CAN SEE SEVERAL TEENAGERS ARE PHYSICALLY BEATING THIS MAN WHO WAS DRIVING THE WHITE SEDAN AFTER HE GETS OUT OF HIS CAR AND AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY REVVED HIS ENGINE AT THEM AND LIGHTLY BUMPED INTO THEM WITH HIS CAR WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO GET TO WORK AT THEY WERE BLOCKING THE ROAD. WE’RE BLURRING THIS VIDEO BECAUSE MOST, IF NOT ALL, OF THOSE INVOLVED IN THE ATTACK ARE MINORS. EXCEPT FOR THE VICTIM, WHOSE NAME IS JUSTIN. HE IS ON HE NINE YEARS OLD AND SAYS HE WAS KICKED IN THE FACE AND DROVE HIMSELF TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE HE HAD TWO BLACK EYES AND BRUISING TO HIS HEAD. [YELLING] BEAU: YOU CAN HEAR SOME OF THE CHAOTIC NOISE. WE ARE SILENCING THE REST OF IT BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY EXPLETIVES. IT ALL HAPPENED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON ST. CLAIR AVENUE AFTER STUDENTS STAGED A WALK-OUT IN PROTEST OF THE MICHAEL ROSFELD VERDICT. THE MAYOR OF CLAIRTON SAYS THE MAN GOT OUT OF HIS CAR, THIS MAN JUSTIN, AND WAS "GIVING THEM A LITTLE RESISTANCE" WHEN THE CROWD PUSHED HIM TO THE GROUND AND BEGAN PUMMELING HIM. AFTER ABOUT FIVE TO TEN SECONDS OF BEING KICKED AND STEPPED ON, A POLICE OFFICER ARRIVES, RUSHES IN, AND THE CROWD EVENTUALLY BACKS AWAY. ONE WITNESS SHOUTED AT THE CROWD >> THAT WAS WRONG. DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE MARCHING FOR? DO YOU UNDERSTAND? PAUL: -- BEAU: THE BIG QUESTION HERE, WILL CHARGES BE FILED AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT? THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT HOW ROSFELD DEMONSTRATORS HAVE BEEN PEACEFUL, BUT CLEARLY THIS ONE TURNED QUITE VIOLENT. WE REACHED OUT TO CLAIRTON POLICE MULTIPLE TIME

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