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napkinz

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8. this isn't the first time supporters have "roughed up" protesters

Mon Nov 23, 2015, 12:26 AM

Nov 2015

and if this continues, someone may get seriously hurt or killed

It's getting out of hand; this is scary.

WATCH: Trump supporter assaults Latino protester while others chant ‘USA! USA!’

October 24, 2015

A protester at a Donald Trump rally was violently assaulted by at least one of the billionaire presidential candidate’s supporters, and it was caught on video.

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It’s hardly the first time Trump supporters have been violent. Earlier this month a fight broke out at a Trump event when one of his supporters spat in the face of a protester.

In August, two brothers were arrested after brutally beating and urinating on a homeless Latino man. The brothers said their actions were inspired by Trump, who was criticized for failing to condemn them.

read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/watch-trump-supporter-assaults-latino-protester-while-others-chant-usa-usa/

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Disturbing Video: Trump Supporters Punch, Kick, And Drag African-American Protester [View all] napkinz Nov 2015 OP

let's call him what he is ... napkinz Nov 2015 #1

I hope the folks who were pissed that BLM does not confront Republicans are ashamed. bravenak Nov 2015 #2

Nah.. This will be seen as unfortunate instead of the RACE WAR that it randys1 Nov 2015 #26

If that happens you better come up here and get a homestead. If they win. bravenak Nov 2015 #28

Thanks darlin but I wanna be WARM...Costa Rica...YAY randys1 Nov 2015 #30

Um. Decorate me a cuarto en su casa. bravenak Nov 2015 #32

Si...mi casa es tu casa randys1 Nov 2015 #33

I hope I can bring my bed. bravenak Nov 2015 #36

I asked you about this, didnt I? Foam? randys1 Nov 2015 #37

Yep. And this thing at the bed store that raises the bed super high off the ground. bravenak Nov 2015 #38

trump is about to cross the line between campaigning & inciting spanone Nov 2015 #3

he ordered his supporters to "Get him the hell out of here!" napkinz Nov 2015 #5

How is that not assault? Solly Mack Nov 2015 #4

and is Trump not an accomplice to this assault? napkinz Nov 2015 #6

He probably wouldn't be but I think encouraging an assault is more than a little depraved. Solly Mack Nov 2015 #7

this isn't the first time supporters have "roughed up" protesters napkinz Nov 2015 #8

That's sick. Solly Mack Nov 2015 #9

when Trump heard that supporters had beaten and urinated on a homeless Latino man napkinz Nov 2015 #10

I'm hoping the man damages himself so badly he disappears from the public eye. Solly Mack Nov 2015 #12

these incidents don't seem to be hurting him at all napkinz Nov 2015 #13

Sadly, that is true. Solly Mack Nov 2015 #16

I'm watching MSNBC right now ... Trump is calling for bringing back waterboarding, surveillance of napkinz Nov 2015 #17

the man who Trump's thugs had roughed up describes the assault ... napkinz Nov 2015 #15

"Trump himself threatened to become �violent� if protesters continued to interrupt him" ecstatic Nov 2015 #11

and Republicans trust him more than any other candidate to have his finger on the nuclear button napkinz Nov 2015 #14

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2015 #18

Potpourri making. uppityperson Nov 2015 #19

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2015 #20

wow, Trump really does a good job riling them up napkinz Nov 2015 #21

Dang, I missed her reply I keep trying to find aaa uppityperson Nov 2015 #22

it was a hate-filled rant claiming the African-American protester was treated with "kid gloves" napkinz Nov 2015 #23

The sheeple are very dumb hifiguy Nov 2015 #35

it was some rant ... Name Removed was REALLY pissed off that I described the video as disturbing napkinz Nov 2015 #39

Horrible! smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #24

Trump is inciting violence, and of course not a peep out of the other Republican candidates napkinz Nov 2015 #25

And now, any black person who legitimately supports Trump will get this treatment arcane1 Nov 2015 #27

notice the use of THE blacks napkinz Nov 2015 #41

I can't understand how a person can be kicked and punched by other citizens and not have any.. BlueJazz Nov 2015 #29

and how does Trump get away with inciting the assault? napkinz Nov 2015 #40

Why weren't they wearing brown shirts? KamaAina Nov 2015 #31

as other members have asked, why weren't they arrested? napkinz Nov 2015 #43

That's how they caught Damien "Football" Williams KamaAina Nov 2015 #44

Straight out of the Mussolini playbook. hifiguy Nov 2015 #34

... napkinz Nov 2015 #42