Pre-debate “stomping” incident outside KET prompts Internet talk, Rand Paul reaction

An incident involving people rallying before Monday night’s Kentucky U.S. Senate debate at KET is making waves across the Internet today.
A 32-second video of the incident shows Paul emerging from a vehicle presumably to walk into the KET studios.  Shortly thereafter, the video shows a person in a red hooded sweatshirt, whom eyewitnesses say was wearing a blond wig, being taken to the ground by men wearing t-shirts featuring Rand Paul campaign logos.  A man then placed his foot near the head and neck of the person on the ground and appeared to try to stomp on them before walking away.
Video via YouTube user brynb2:
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Lexington Police said no one was injured in the incident, the Lexington Herald-Leader reports.
Late last night, Paul campaign manager Jesse Benton released the following statement regarding the incident:
“We understand that there was an altercation outside of the debate between supporters of both sides and that is incredibly unfortunate.  Violence of any kind has no place in our civil discourse and we urge supporters on all sides to be civil to one another as tensions rise heading toward this very important election.  We are relieved to hear that the woman in question was not injured.”
Today, the campaign released another statement:
“The Paul for Senate campaign is extremely disappointed in, and condemns the actions of a supporter last night outside the KET debate.  Whatever the perceived provocation, any level of aggression or violence is deplorable, and will not be tolerated by our campaign.  The Paul campaign has disassociated itself from the volunteer who took part in this incident, and once again urges all activists — on both sides — to remember that their political passions should never manifest themselves in physical altercations of any kind.”