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A pro-life activist got punched in the face after rage-baiting a pedestrian during a street interview in New York.
According to the New York Post, now-viral video shows Savannah Craven Antao, a 23-year-old pro-life activist and reporter for anti-abortion group Live Action, was sucker punched by a woman during their conversation about reproductive rights.
Antao was canvassing the streets of Harlem for content tied to Live Action's anti-abortion message. During the interview, Antao and the pedestrian, identified as Brianna Rivers, discussed alternative options to abortion, including adoption and safe sex.
The situation escalated when Antao asked if foster kids should be killed because "they're not wanted."
"Why not?" Rivers responded. “Who’s going to take care of them?”
“If I don’t want to have a baby I should have the choice to have the baby or not,” Rivers added, before calling Antao “dumb as f–k” for suggesting women should simply practice safe sex or refrain from the act.
“That’s not logical," she said.
“I’m not the one who admitted they would be okay with killing babies in foster care and killing children that have been abused," Antao responded.
“That’s not the point. What I’m saying is …” the interviewee said before Antao interrupted her by taking the microphone away.
After being provoked, Rivers punched the interviewer in the face and walked away from the scene.
Video of the pair's interaction went viral on social media.
In a statement, Rivers spoke out about the incident.
“To Savannah, I sincerely apologize, but I cannot sit around and allow you to continue pushing this one-sided narrative,” Rivers wrote in a Facebook post. “I understand that putting hands on someone is never the answer, but throwing rocks and hiding hands is worse."
The incident reportedly left Antao with a black eye and two stitches below her eyebrow. It's unclear if Rivers was arrested.
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