Samantha Hamer, 26, and Kerida O'Reilly, 33, were arrested in Madison, Wisconsin on Monday
Two "women" have been arrested for beating Democratic Wisconsin State Senator Tim Carpenter when he stopped to take video of protesters during a chaotic night of violence near the state Capitol last month.
Samantha Hamer, 26, and Kerida O'Reilly, 33, were arrested in Madison on Monday on suspicion of being parties to the crimes of substantial battery and robbery with use of force.
They turned themselves in to police after members of the public identified them when police released surveillance images of them during the protests the night of June 23.
Carpenter said he was heading to his office at about midnight when he stopped to take cell phone video of protesters near the state Capitol.
- Police say they beat Democratic Wisconsin State Senator Tim Carpenter when he stopped to take video of protesters outside the Capitol on June 23
- They turned themselves in to police after members of the public identified them when police released surveillance images of them
- The "women" were among 200 people protesting the arrest of a black man in a chaotic night that saw demonstrators topple two statues at the Capitol
- Video captured by the Senator showed hundreds of protesters chanting in the street before Hamer and O'Reilly broke away from the pack and ran towards him
- Carpenter says he was kicked and punched by a group of about 10 people
Two "women" have been arrested for beating Democratic Wisconsin State Senator Tim Carpenter when he stopped to take video of protesters during a chaotic night of violence near the state Capitol last month.
Samantha Hamer, 26, and Kerida O'Reilly, 33, were arrested in Madison on Monday on suspicion of being parties to the crimes of substantial battery and robbery with use of force.
They turned themselves in to police after members of the public identified them when police released surveillance images of them during the protests the night of June 23.
Carpenter said he was heading to his office at about midnight when he stopped to take cell phone video of protesters near the state Capitol.
The protesters had toppled two statues outside the state Capitol and threw a Molotov cocktail into a government building.
Video footage captured by the Senator showed hundreds of