Brianna J. Rivers, 30, was arrested Thursday on one count of second-degree assault for her callous beating of activist Savannah Craven Antao during a street interview on the topic of
''Just got word from detectives Brianna J Rivers was arrested! God is good!,'' Craven Antao wrote in an Instagram post, adding in the caption,''#BlueLivesMatter
The ham-fisted alleged assailant was taken into custody Thursday morning for the boorish assault that took place during a filmed interview in Harlem last Thursday.
Craven Antao, 23, asked Rivers several pointed questions on the topic of
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''You don't understand the magnitude of having a child,'' the woman officially identified as Rivers stated a few minutes into the conversation, video shows.
''I'm not the one who admitted they would be OK with killing babies in foster care and killing children that have been abused,'' Craven Antao shot back, referencing claims made by Rivers earlier in the interview.
''That's not the point. What I'm saying is—.,'' Rivers began.
She then dropped all pretenses and threw down, unleashing a combo of punches directly into Craven Antao's face.