At trial, Colorado reporter recalls Marine following, strangling him after demanding proof of citizenship

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (CN) — A former TV news reporter recalled before a jury on Tuesday being followed and assaulted by a Colorado man in December 2024, as the stranger demanded proof of his citizenship in the name of “Trump’s America.”

“I wish I didn’t remember it,” Ja’Ronn Alex told the jury. He was 22 years old and working his first gig as a TV news reporter for KKCO in Grand Junction, Colorado, on Dec. 18, 2024. After collecting interviews for a story on a nearby ski resort, Alex was driving back to the news station through scenic Delta when he noticed a white car with a Sunshine Rides logo following him.

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