In recent days, we have all witnessed the violence that accompanies GOP front-runner Donald Trump and his slavish supporters. Whether it’s beating counter-protesters who dare to express themselves at a Trump campaign rally or having Trump say from the podium that those who disagree with him should be carried out on stretchers, Trump has unleashed a wave of hatred and fear that threatens to rip the entire country apart.

Now imagine, if you can, being a reporter with a major news agency sent to cover one of Trump’s campaign events. And imagine you also happen to be black.

Meet Sopan Deb, who works for CBS News. Deb was covering the rally at the University of Illinois-Chicago on Friday when the Trump campaign decided to suddenly cancel the event for what they said were “security issues.” Before the evening was over, Deb had been threatened, arrested, and charged with resisting arrest. He recalled:

‘There’s definitely been a recent uptick (in hostility). I have certainly never seen anything like last night (in Chicago). That was unprecedented.’

Here’s what Deb has posted on Twitter in recent months as he was attempting to do his job and report on Trump:

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But of course this is all part of much larger narrative being written by Donald Trump as he seeks to gain the GOP nomination by coercion or force. Trump loves to whine that he cannot even have a rally without protesters showing up to express their views in opposition to him, yet when those dissidents choose to express themselves, he immediately demands they be forcibly removed from whatever venue he is speaking from. Nice double standard, huh?

Additionally, while Trump and his mindless minions are fond of clinging to the First Amendment as a protective cover for their noxious rantings, when a reporter dares to do what is also protected by that very same First Amendment, he is harassed, arrested, and treated like a criminal.

Donald Trump is a clear and present danger to the security and peace of the United States. He must be defeated at any cost. If not, we face the prospect of fascism taking hold in the United States.

Take a look at some of what Sopan Deb saw in Chicago:

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