Florida Police are investigating an incident between GOP Trackers and the Demings Security Team.
An unidentified tracker told a lieutenant at the Brevard County Sheriff's Office that he encountered Demings and her details numerous times and had no trouble until the August 6 incident.
Rep. Val Demings (D-Florida) is a former Orlando Police Chief. He is challenging incumbent Republican Senator Marco Rubio. | | Sean Shue-Pool/Getty Images
Tallahassee, Florida — Florida local police sayVal his Demings security guards "put him on his second floor." We're investigating accusations from Republican trackers that they "pushed down." Earlier this month, after he attempted to ask a prospective question to the Democratic Senate. said she had met with her details many times and had no problems until August . . 6 incident. POLITICO obtained the police report through a public records request. The tracker's identity has been removed from the report.
Former Orlando Police Chief Demings, who is challenging incumbent Republican Senator Marco Rubio,held a voter rally in a county park that day.
When in the park's parking lot, "he felt entitled to try to question Demings." He tried to approach Demings twice but "encountered physical resistance," he told police. It showed three injuries he claimed to have sustained during the alleged altercation.
The pursuer wanted to prosecute, but did not know the security guard's identity.
According to the Brevard Records Office, the majority of the Sheriff's Office report was blacked out because it was "criminal information" and "information," and the ongoing battery Because it is used as part of the research.
Two short videos of her, which were turned over to the sheriff's office as evidence and obtained by POLITICO, show a tussle between the two men and their pursuers.
In one nine-second video of him, three people approach a tracker and two men appear to try to push it over. I hear my tracker saying, "What are you doing?" An unidentified person says, "You can't go up. Get down. Then someone says, 'Deescalate, deescalate.'
In his longer 40-second video (which was presumably recorded before the altercation), the tracker tells someone, "I'm just doing my job." Well done." can be heard saying. to you guys. A person off camera can be heard saying, "Don't touch me." The incident and video were first reported by Florida Politics
but another video of the incident — filmed a few feet away and obtained by POLITICO — said: It shows footage that appears to be from before the incident. Not just the incident, but the brawl itself. In the third video, the pursuers are seen trying to escape security from his team, chasing the moving car that Demings was in.
The security team is seen detaining the tracker. Eventually, after he tries to escape again, he can be seen falling or being pushed to the ground. is heard. This video does not pick up comments trackers make on other videos.
Christian Slater, spokesperson for the Demings campaign, said in his statement: In this case, the individual did not respond to multiple eviction requests, and actively charged security guards after Chief Demings' approaching vehicle. ''
Demings spent more than $17,000 on his security services this year, according to federal campaign documents.
Republicans, who have tried to downplay Demings' experience as a former police chief, criticized Demings' campaign for the altercation.
"Her security forces attacked the men, but she defended them," said Priscilla Ivasco, a spokesperson for the Republican Senate Committee. I think 's message only applies when she lies to Floridians in television ads."
Holly Otterbein contributed to this report.
