Protesters Ejected from New Orleans Trump Rally
Black Lives Matter protesters were ejected from Donald J Trump Rally in New Orleans LA.
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Trump Incited Crowd Violence in Kentucky
Three people were assaulted at a Donald Trump rally in Louisville, Kentucky, and have since filed a lawsuit against the Republican presidential candidate, saying he “incited a riot.”
Molly Shah, Kashiya Nwanguma and Henry Brousseau filed the lawsuit on Thursday in Jefferson Circuit Court in Louisville, claiming that Trump’s repeated calls of “get them out” at a rally at the Kentucky International Convention Center on March 1 was intended to direct his supporters to “use unwanted, harmful physical force to remove protesters, including the plaintiffs.”
The lawsuit also names as defendants the Trump campaign and three individuals who the plaintiffs claim assaulted them at the rally.
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This was not the only incident at the event.
Protests at Trump rallies do not occur in a vacuum. Since he first announced his candidacy, Trump continues to make racist, sexist, and authoritarian remarks that marginalizes anyone who do not meet his view of white and conservative enough. A full list of protests can be found here.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hzc9yL3_n8
Woman Assaulted at Trump Rally
It wasn’t long before protester, Shiya Nwanguma, was being pushed, shoved, and forcibly removed from a rally by white supremacists after Donald Trump noticed a sign she was holding and yelled, “Get her out of here.”
“I was called a nigger and a cunt and got kicked out,” said Shiya Nwanguma, a University of Louisville student. “They were pushing and shoving at me, cursing at me, yelling at me, called me every name in the book. They’re disgusting and dangerous.”
(h/t Washington Times, Insider Louisville)
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This was not the only incident at the Louisville rally. Donald Trump promised to pay the legal fees if anyone roughs up a protester, what the hell did you think would start to happen?
Thankfully there has been repercussions for at least one of the assailants. Future Marine Joseph Pryor will no longer have the chance to be a future Marine.
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Secret Service Agent Choked Photographer at Trump Rally
A photographer covering a Donald Trump rally in Virginia said a Secret Service agent choked him and slammed him to the ground Monday as he tried to leave a media pen at the event where a protest erupted.
A video of the incident shot by an attendee at the rally and later posted on social media shows the agent putting two hands on the photographer’s neck and slamming him to the ground.
Time magazine photographer Chris Morris told CNN that as he tried to exit the media pen, a Secret Service agent began choking him.
“I’m not pressing charges,” Morris said Monday. “I stepped 18 inches out of the pen and he grabbed me by the neck and started choking me and then he slammed me to the ground.”
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http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/29/politics/donald-trump-event-protest-rally/
Protesters escorted out of Donald Trump’s rally at Radford University
At Radford University, a group of young black organizers interrupted a Trump rally. With fists raised, they chanted, “Black lives matter,” as they were quickly escorted from the premises by the police. Trump responded, “All lives matter,” a refrain often used to dismiss the specific concerns of the black community. He also asked a Latina woman who was being led out of the auditorium whether she was from Mexico.
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http://wsls.com/2016/02/29/protesters-escorted-out-of-donald-trumps-rally-at-radford-university/
Trump Asks Protester If He Is From Mexico
Reporters and rally attendees found themselves at the intersection of Trump’s feelings toward Mexicans and protesters when the GOP presidential candidate yelled at one from his podium, demanding to know their family’s country of origin.
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WATCH: @realDonaldTrump goes off on protester for interrupting his punchline: "Are you from Mexico?" https://t.co/V31c1oH99N
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) February 29, 2016
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http://www.mediaite.com/online/amid-usa-usa-chant-trump-grills-protester-are-you-from-mexico/
Donald Trump Confronts Protester Wearing ‘KKK Endorses Trump’ Shirt
Donald Trump paused a campaign rally Friday night in Oklahoma to stare down a protester who showed up wearing a white T-shirt stating in dark letters, “KKK endorses Trump.”
Trump walked to the edge of the podium, staring toward the man for several moments as law enforcement officials moved to escort him away from the area.
“In the good ‘ole days, law enforcement acted a lot quicker than this,” Trump said when he finally returned to the microphone.
“In the good ‘ole days, they’d rip him out of that seat so fast. But today everybody is politically correct,” Trump said. “You know, it is a shame, when you think.”
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Trump Wishes to Punch Protester In the Face
On the eve before the Nevada caucuses Trump publicly wished he could commit physical harm to a protester being escorted out of his rally.
I’d like to punch him in the face,” Trump said, remarking that a man disrupting his rally was escorted out with a smile on his face. “He’s smiling, having a good time.
Trump claimed the protester was “nasty as hell” and accused the man of trying to punch the security officers forcing him out of the rally, though the man did not appear to be fighting off those officers.
In the old days, protesters would be carried out on stretchers. We’re not allowed to push back anymore.
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Comments like these add to the growing evidence that Donald Trump supports and condones violence against people with different ideas.
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http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/23/politics/donald-trump-nevada-rally-punch/
Donald Trump rewards a couple of supporters for helping to forcibly remove a protester.
Donald Trump rewards a couple of supporters for helping to forcibly remove a protester.
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Comments like these add to the growing evidence that Donald Trump supports and condones violence against people with different ideas.
By giving permission, and now reward, for confrontations by Trump will make only make violence more normal to his supporters and cause a continued escalation. A true president would work towards uniting and diffusing situations.
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http://nypost.com/2016/02/17/trump-supporters-toss-heckler-are-rewarded-handsomely/
Donald Trump Promises to Pay Legal Fees to Supports Who Knock the Crap Out of Protesters
At a rally Monday afternoon in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Donald Trump told a crowd of supporters that if they happened to see protesters getting ready to lob a tomato, they should “knock the crap out of them.” Trump began his speech by noting that he had received a warning from the “wonderful security guys.” He said:
There may be somebody with tomatoes in the audience. So if you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them, would you? Seriously. Okay? Just knock the hell— I promise you, I will pay for the legal fees. I promise, I promise. It won’t be so much ’cause the courts agree with us too.
(h/t Mediate)
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Tomatoes are the deadliest of all the vegetables and we’re lucky no one was killed.
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