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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Breaking: #BlackLivesMatter Protesters Disrupt Hillary Clinton In Cleveland. [View all]AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)107. No, you are and shame on you and the nasty
.... depths to which you are willing to stoop.
Sanders gave his talk to a cheering audience of about 12,000 inside a university pavilion a few hours after he was shoved aside by several Black Lives Matter activists who are calling for changes to the criminal justice system. Sanders eventually left the Saturday afternoon event at Westlake Park in Seattle without giving his speech.
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/b48101284a4e4db191c8561de634ad94/black-lives-matter-activists-disrupt-bernie-sanders-speech
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/b48101284a4e4db191c8561de634ad94/black-lives-matter-activists-disrupt-bernie-sanders-speech
The Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders was shoved aside by several Black Lives Matter activists and eventually had to leave an event in Seattle without giving his speech.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/09/bernie-sanders-sidelined-in-seattle-as-black-lives-matter-activists-invade-stage
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/09/bernie-sanders-sidelined-in-seattle-as-black-lives-matter-activists-invade-stage
After about 20 minutes, "Sanders himself was pushed away when he tried to take the microphone back,' KOMO reports. Eventually, the organizer of the event announced it was over and Sanders gave a clenched-fist salute to the crowd and waved goodbye.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/08/09/430919017/black-lives-matter-activists-commandeer-sanders-speech-in-seattle
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/08/09/430919017/black-lives-matter-activists-commandeer-sanders-speech-in-seattle
Not much is yet publicly known about Johnson and Mara Jacqueline Willaford, the other activist who pushed Sanders aside to talk about police brutality in the process launching a tsunami of press and social-media commentary across the country.
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/not-first-disruptive-tactic-for-activist-who-hijacked-sanders-rally/
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/not-first-disruptive-tactic-for-activist-who-hijacked-sanders-rally/
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Breaking: #BlackLivesMatter Protesters Disrupt Hillary Clinton In Cleveland. [View all]
Cali_Democrat
Aug 2015
OP
As much people who hate this lady I think she would need Secret Service Protection even if she
bigdarryl
Aug 2015
#87
Then for gawd's sake write to the author of the article and tell em how you feel!
leftofcool
Aug 2015
#72
Remarkably, I know bullshit when I see it, and have no need to report it to the bullshitter
jberryhill
Aug 2015
#75
"I will certainly be happy to meet with you later, but I am going to keep talking."
riversedge
Aug 2015
#91
That's it? Get back to us when they shove her, call her names, and refuse to relinquish the mic.
AtomicKitten
Aug 2015
#2
"I will certainly be happy to meet with you later, but I am going to keep talking."
riversedge
Aug 2015
#7
I'm delighted to put that notion to bed, especially when they're after policies like private prisons
arcane1
Aug 2015
#11
It's all part of Agenda 26. Soros and Co. planned everything out to the last detail.
Starry Messenger
Aug 2015
#16
I think white people and especially white politicians ought be VERY grateful this is all
randys1
Aug 2015
#74
Nothing got disrupted. Did you see the video of the "disruption" linked to the OP?
jberryhill
Aug 2015
#77
Someone earlier was complaining that BLM only goes after dems, of course that isnt true
randys1
Aug 2015
#30
I am also not going to make a fool of myself by claiming it was a conspired by one of my
hrmjustin
Aug 2015
#54
And I will not tell African Americans how the should feel about my candidate.
hrmjustin
Aug 2015
#62
Of course you won't tell African Americans how they should feel because 80+% agree with you.
aikoaiko
Aug 2015
#67
I cannot abide protesters preventing a group from assembling and speaking with one another.
aikoaiko
Aug 2015
#69
What was actually disrupted? Is this like when BLM "disrupted" Obama at Selma?
aikoaiko
Aug 2015
#41
I doubt this will be posted about over and over, it is a part of campaigning.
Thinkingabout
Aug 2015
#45
The real culprits are the republicans. Why don't they disrupt their ralllys? I think they have
demosincebirth
Aug 2015
#103
All I am seeing here is two videos that don't have any apparent relationship to each other.
eridani
Aug 2015
#114
+1. Surely there's some video of this somewhere, even if it's just something
winter is coming
Aug 2015
#115