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In reply to the discussion: Three assclowns break up an event in Seattle [View all]pnwmom
(108,977 posts)18. They were. That was the whole point.
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/black-lives-matter-protesters-shut-down-bernie-sanders-rally/
The activists demanded 4½ minutes of silence in memory of Brown, to symbolize the 4½ hours his body lay on a Ferguson street. While rally organizers raised their hands in support, some in the crowd yelled profanities.
After the few minutes of silence, the protesters said they wanted to confront Sanders for failing to address their concerns when he was similarly interrupted at a town hall for liberal activists in Phoenix last month. Johnson beckoned Sanders to stand closer as she spoke he refused.
The activists demanded 4½ minutes of silence in memory of Brown, to symbolize the 4½ hours his body lay on a Ferguson street. While rally organizers raised their hands in support, some in the crowd yelled profanities.
After the few minutes of silence, the protesters said they wanted to confront Sanders for failing to address their concerns when he was similarly interrupted at a town hall for liberal activists in Phoenix last month. Johnson beckoned Sanders to stand closer as she spoke he refused.
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I have a better question. If BLM was giving a rally on the abuses of African Americans in America,
still_one
Aug 2015
#7
Good luck calling the only people who might potentially agree with you "white supremacists"
stranger81
Aug 2015
#12
Those people were from BLM, BLM seems quite proud of what they did, and BLM plans to do this to
djean111
Aug 2015
#3
I very highly doubt you've ever read a single publication by Saul Alinsky.
Gravitycollapse
Aug 2015
#13
BLM is urgently calling for criminal justice reform. That's why they're protesting.
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#15