VIDEO: Woman in burka removed from Obama VCU rally

RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) – Video captured by a journalism professor showed police removing a woman, wearing a black burka, from President Obama’s weekend campaign rally at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.

In the video, you can see two Richmond Police officers walking the screaming woman out of the VCU Siegel Center. It appears the woman is wearing a black burka. It is unclear if she was only wearing a niqab (face veil) and a hijab (head scarf).

VCU journalism professor Vivian Medina-Messner shot the video which captures the woman screaming something as police escort her from the building.

We first found a picture of the incident on the  website Ironic Surrealism.

Amie Parnes, a White House correspondent tweeted about the occurrence, saying a woman with a burka was being removed.

As I wrote in my pool reports, a woman wearing a black burka was escorted out of the Richmond rally by police during Obama's speech.—
Amie Parnes (@amieparnes) May 05, 2012

VCU Police Chief John Venuti said the woman was causing a disturbance and was escorted out of the building.

He told us he does not believe the woman was arrested, but that the Secret Service is investigating the matter.

An independent White House journalist also tweeted about the event.

Pool reporter @AmieParnes studied pool photos of the woman. She "appears to be wearing U.S. military insignia" and "had a book in her hand"—
West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) May 05, 2012

During president's Richmond event, a lady in a black burka was escorted out by cops & other security officials. She appeared cooperative—
West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) May 05, 2012

CBS 6 reporter Sam Brock spoke with two witnesses, one who shot the video. That video is below.

For complete coverage of President Obama’s campaign rally at Virginia Commonwealth University, click here.