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Related: About this forum"Bikers for Trump" mistake non-white rally-goer for protester and physically force him out of arena
A man who said he went to hear President Donald Trump speak in Pennsylvania last night was shoved around and forced out of the Harrisburg event by a group of men calling themselves Bikers for Trump.
Speaking with AOL.com, Neil Makhija said a woman pointed him out as a protester even though he was just there to watch and he was immediately surrounded by a group of burly men who forced him up against a wall.
Calling it a disturbing moment, Makhija said the altercation began when a woman near him was removed because she was holding up a sign reading, The sea levels are rising.
Then a supporter just pointed at me and said, Hey, take that guy too, and they went after me, Makhija explained.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/04/bikers-for-trump-mistake-non-white-rally-goer-for-protester-and-physically-force-him-out-of-arena/
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"Bikers for Trump" mistake non-white rally-goer for protester and physically force him out of arena (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Apr 2017
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Doesn't seem like he was a Trump supporter, just an attendee at a presidential event.
Ninsianna
Apr 2017
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NunnesBuznat
(47 posts)1. At least brownshirts were fashionable...
Gothmog
(176,683 posts)2. Non-white trump supporters are rare
Ninsianna
(1,354 posts)4. Doesn't seem like he was a Trump supporter, just an attendee at a presidential event.
That's not exactly uncommon, but if you're brown it's dangerous.
Here is this guy's page from ballotopedia.
https://ballotpedia.org/Neil_Makhija
But he wasn't doing anything that should have gotten him harassed like that, other than being there in a non-Orange and more believable tan.
CanonRay
(16,025 posts)3. USA! USA! USA!
That's how we celebrate America, throw out the brown guy.
