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IOWA REPORTER KEEPS CALM DURING RACIAL ATTACK

<p>Emmy Victor&comma; an African American reporter from Iowa&comma; is being praised for staying calm after a video clip of a white woman throwing racial slurs at her went viral&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Victor&comma; who works for the KCCI TV station was reporting on the death of Michael Disbrowe&comma; who was shot and killed by police in Boone&comma; when a woman who was later identified as the victims mother put her hands on Emmy Victors while making some unforgivable statements&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the video clip&comma; you can see Victor backing away as the woman yelled&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Get the f&ast;&ast;k outta here you stupid f&ast;&ast;king n&ast;&ast;&ast;er&&num;8221&semi; at her&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Ma&&num;8217&semi;am&comma; ma&&num;8217&semi;am&comma; don&&num;8217&semi;t ever&excl;&&num;8221&semi; Victor said as the woman ignored her and continued doing the most&comma; even knocking over the tripod and cursing at Zachary Hayes&comma; the photojournalist on the assignment with Victor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Emmy Victor is yet to comment on the incident&comma; however&comma; KCCI General Manager Brian Sather&comma; commended her and Hayes&comma; on their calmness&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sather said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;The safety of our crews is critically important as they cover stories affecting our communities&period;” He continued&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This morning Emmy and Zach demonstrated the utmost professionalism in the face of a very difficult&comma; emotionally-charged situation&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What do you think you would&&num;8217&semi;ve done in this situation Roommates&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Watch video here&colon;  http&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;HA7cxsDjvHU<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;TSR Staff&colon; Thembi Mawema<br &sol;>&NewLine;Instagram &amp&semi; Twitter&colon; &commat;ThembiTV&lowbar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;huffingtonpost&period;com&sol;entry&sol;emmy-victor-reporter-racist-attack&lowbar;us&lowbar;577572eee4b09b4c43bf85ea<&sol;p>&NewLine; 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