By Jeremy Diamond, CNN
Updated 5:34 PM ET, Fri October 14, 2016
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/14/politics/donald-trump-rally-protester-attack/Greensboro, North Carolina (CNN)A protester at a Donald Trump rally on Friday was shoved and put in a headlock by supporters of the Republican nominee.
The altercation, just the latest incident of violence against protesters at Trump rallies, came moments after Trump pointed directly at the protester and told him to "get out!"
Trump supporters began shouting at the man before one male Trump supporter and then another began shoving the protester, who was holding an American flag upside down.
A third man wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat and a "Gays for Trump" shirt then forcefully grabbed the protester and began rushing him toward the exit. The protester briefly escaped the man's grasp, but the Trump supporter quickly put the protester in a headlock.
As the two men scrapped, a police officer intervened to break up the scuffle and escorted the protester out of the venue.
As the Trump supporter who put the protester in a headlock ventured back into the crowd, high-fiving other Trump supporters along the way, police returned into the crowd to escort the man and another who had shoved the protester out of the venue.
Asked by CNN why he hit the protester, the Trump supporter simply said "I didn't hit him" as police pushed him toward the exit, arms behind his back.
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