I'm just guessing but maybe the woman was asking her about directions or to stop filming and the reporter just had to continue so she booped her like that
The comment section is trash it's funny that when these type of stories appear, people always attack her race and say "typical black behavior" and categorize every black person into a group. But if it's a white women their race isn't even mention and the only attack her race. It's very telling of how america views POC