“It was a large group of protesters coming down, and they were screaming racial slurs and screaming, 'F Antifa, F Antifa,'” Smith said.
She says she was on break from her security job in downtown D.C. last Tuesday — the day before pro-Trump protesters stormed the U.S. Capitol — when protesters questioned who she was with.
“They didn't have masks,” she said. “They proceed to try to take my mask off of my face. I was on Instagram live just to protect myself and also show everyone what was going on.”
Someone with Freedom News TV saw the clash and captured Smith just as she punched a pro-Trump protester who reached for her.