Black Lives Matter protesters shut down Bernie Sanders' rally in Seattle

[Acerblock]

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/black-lives-matter-protesters-shut-down-bernie-sanders-rally/

These people are not helping out their own movement.

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[Jairo]

bernie sanders is like the last person they should be protesting against considering his stances on civil equality

[Acerblock]

bernie sanders is like the last person they should be protesting against considering his stances on civil equality

Exactly, and this picture says it all:

[Otis Da HousKat]

I was at the UW rally seated right behind him on stage. I didn't hear about the shutdown at the previous event until after but the word on the street is that those two clowns weren't even a part of the black lives matter group and just used it as an excuse to get on stage and disrupt the event.

Also Bernie cited a $12/hr federal minimum wage not $15 like the article stated.Apologies, I think it was a state senator who was advocating a $12 state minimum wage.

[Mr. Hurricane]

I've read that the two who disrupted bernie's speech were connected to anarchists, and not very connected to BLM. Another theory that is somewhat connected is that the BLM people who disrupted the meeting were attempting to disrupt the Democratic party's candidates, for fear the Democrats would try to destroy BLM, or subvert it.

Take it all with a grain of salt.

[Ipquarx]

Why the hell would they do that lol, it makes no sense

[carolcat]

careful if you criticize them, you might get called tribal for daring to speak out against them.

some people on tumblr say he deserved to have the rally shut down

[Ipquarx]

careful if you criticize them, you might get called tribal for daring to speak out against them.

some people on tumblr say he deserved to have the rally shut down

Did they bother to explain why??

[Jairo]

Did they bother to explain why??

probably because he's an old white guy

[carolcat]

Did they bother to explain why??

that's what i'm looking for, but i'm mostly finding posts about how it was a republican plan to kick bernie sanders out of the running

probably because he's an old white guy

they don't think he's "doing enough"

[Kearn]

[carolcat]

that and black twitter has apparently turned against him, saying he doesn't pay attention to racial injustice

[Ipquarx]

https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/630413267542933504

Seems he supports racial justice just fine...

What was his "reaction" that was supposedly inappropriate?

[Otis Da HousKat]

What was his "reaction" that was supposedly inappropriate?

The fact that he said nothing on the issue and left after the protesters bogarted the mic and didn't have them detained and thrown off stage.

These blacks want their egos stroked and think their issues deserve center stage above all else. The only thing they deserve is a rope around their necks.

[Yosher]

that and black twitter has apparently turned against him, saying he doesn't pay attention to racial injustice

>problematic

always that 1 word that manages to make me stop taking anyone who uses it seriously