Protesters confronted Fox News reporter Kassy Dillon as she attempted to leave a pro-Palestine rally she was covering on Thursday.
Dillon said on social media that the protesters at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst questioned her on her ethnic background and asked her for contact information. (RELATED: Harvard Divinity Faculty Condemn Israel’s ‘Oppression’ Of Palestinians After Hamas Attacks Leave Over 1,000 Dead)
“Just left the anti-Israel protest at UMass Amherst. As I was leaving, two guys kept asking me my ethnicity. When I got into my car, I was approached by a group of the protesters demanding to know my address and phone number,” Dillon tweeted.
She also posted a video showing the group of protesters surrounding her outside her car, filming her and demanding personal information.
Here’s footage of the end of it once I grabbed my phone from my bag. You can hear me responding that they cannot have my number. pic.twitter.com/A2XGurJ4ti
— Kassy Dillon (@KassyDillon) October 12, 2023
“How can I contact you for legal reasons?” one of the protesters asked Dillon.
“There’s no legal reasons to do it. I gave you my name. You can go look at me on my website,” Dillon said.
Dillon told the inquirer that she already gave one of the other protesters information on how to contact her.
“I’ll have my lawyers contact you that way,” the protester responded.
“Have a terrible night,” the protester added while departing.
Protesters supporting Israel and Palestine have gripped college campuses nationwide. College students supporting the Hamas attack on Israel have largely been met with wide-scale backlash, including loss of career opportunities.