No big deal, just Bill de Blasio's security detail physically removing a local reporter while the mayor watched and did NOTHING

Greg P. | 8:52 PM on August 12, 2018

Hey Brian Stelter … you going to cover this, right? RIGHT?

De Blasio lets security haul away Post reporter for asking question https://t.co/giUqNAF5oK pic.twitter.com/GpBtVBi331

— New York Post (@nypost) August 13, 2018

From the New York Post:

The unusual muzzling unfolded at the start of the annual Dominican Day Parade in Manhattan, where the reporter sought de Blasio’s reaction to The Post’s front page story about his administration’s many meetings with lobbyists.

It also came after Hizzoner appeared on national TV Sunday to proclaim, “I believe in a free, strong media with diverse views — I’ll defend it with all I’ve got.”

This is the story that set off the mayoral Code Red:

My first solo wood for the New York Post! Top de Blasio officials took 136 meetings with lobbyists in just 54 days this spring https://t.co/IDVb70KtBj pic.twitter.com/zySRBMoUsJ

— Anna Sanders (@AnnaESanders) August 12, 2018

Guy Benson nails it here:

For all the consternation re Trump's anti-press demagoguery, it's elements of the hard LEFT that've *actually assaulted* journalists during "mostly peaceful" protests. If this violence were perpetrated by right-wingers, media panic over dangerous rhetoric would be off the charts.

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) August 12, 2018