San Diego Reporter Beaten for Asking Questions

A television reporter in San Diego, Calif., was hospitalized after a brutally beating by a man and woman he was investigating for a news show, according to Local 6 News.

The journalist, John Mattes, was questioning a couple for allegedly stealing identities when the woman was videotaped hitting Mattes in the face.

Local 6 News showed video of the woman's husband walking up to Mattes in LaJolla, Calif., and punching him in the face. He was then seen repeatedly beating the reporter with his fists.

Click over to Local6 to see the video. (H/T Michelle Malkin)

The price Mattes paid for doing his job?

Mattes was taken to an emergency room with a bloodied face and apparent bite wounds.

For God's sake, lock these savages up.

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