Reporter allegedly slammed to the ground by security after yelling 'f--- you' at a Trump rally

On Monday, a reporter covering a Donald Trump rally at Radford University in Virginia was reportedly choked and tackled to the ground by security after stepping outside the designated press area at the event. 

Here's a video of the alleged incident involving Time's Chris Morris and a security guard, who The Slot reports is believed by some to be a Secret Service agent.  It was shared on Twitter by Reporter Joe Perticone of the Independent Journal.

—Joe Perticone (@JoePerticone) February 29, 2016

Check out this tweet from Mashable's Christopher Morris, which highlights where the alleged attack happened at the rally. 

—Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) February 29, 2016

Perticone also posted this video which appears to happen just before the alleged altercation. You can hear Morris say "f--- you," before the security person moves towards him. 

—Joe Perticone (@JoePerticone) February 29, 2016

And here's Morris explaining what happened to CNN's Jim Acosta. 

"I stepped 18 inches out of the pen and he [the security person] grabbed me by the neck and started choking me and slammed me to the ground," Morris says. 

—Jim Acosta (@Acosta) February 29, 2016

Conservative website Breibart's coverage of the incident alleges that Morris actually reached out and grabbed the security guard's throat, but Perticone contends that is false. 

—Joe Perticone (@JoePerticone) February 29, 2016

CNN's Noah Gray reports on Twitter that the Time photographer maintains he never attacked the guard. Morris also said he would not be pressing charges. 

—Noah Gray CNN (@NoahGrayCNN) February 29, 2016