Racial profiling alleged at Bernie Sanders rally in St. Paul

[ProudToBeLiberal]

Bernie Sanders whipped local progressives into a frenzy Tuesday, speaking to a combined 20,000 Minnesotans during events in St. Paul and Duluth. Those huge turnout figures are a good reason for energy and optimism for Sanders supporters, with the Iowa caucus less than a week away, and Minnesota's looming on March 1.

Not everyone left happy. A handful of black activists are claiming they were racially profiled and denied a privilege they hadn't even asked for. The claims led to an ongoing fight on Twitter; the messy fallout is another example of the fragile alliance of liberals, radicals, and youths Sanders has to capture and preserve to overcome Hillary Clinton.

Initially the tale unfolded in a long train of tweets from a number of different people. Fortunately, someone in the affected group gave a more comprehensive version of the story to the This Week in Blackness podcast, which retold that side's story yesterday. A group of seven young black women had gone to the rally to hand out fliers to raise awareness about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and its effect on the local African immigrant population.

...

The Sanders staffer approached the crowd waiting to get on stage, and identified a handful who were no longer welcome to those special spots. The moment was caught on cellphone video, later tweeted out by one of the people barred from the stage. According to the people involved, the campaign worker pointed out black attendees, only, including some who weren't even affiliated with the activist group.

More at
http://www.citypages.com/news/racial-profiling-alleged-at-bernie-sanders-rally-in-st-paul-8000955

Yesterday he failed to mention Clinton was meeting with 50 African American leaders in Philadephia. Now we are hearing his campaign was racially profiling against Blacks at his rally in Minnesota. We all know that Bernie Sanders has an empathy problem when it comes connecting with people of color. There's a lot more info with clips of the incident in the article.

[SheenaR]

1. We all know that Bernie Sanders has an empathy problem when it comes connecting with people of color

You seriously wrote that. And you believe that. Wow. Just wow.

[ProudToBeLiberal]

5. The mayor of Flint said Bernie called for the Governor to resign, but didn't do anything else

When Flint needed help, Bernie didn't offer any of his services. Hillary on the other hand called the mayor and asked what she could do. She sent her aide to coordinate with the mayor to help with the water crisis in Flint. This is what I am talking about when it comes to Bernie Sanders's lack of empathy with people of color.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

9. What services?? What the hell are you talking about? Do you hate Bernie? nt

[ProudToBeLiberal]

15. I love Bernie Sanders as a human being. nt

[ProudToBeLiberal]

29. Bernie Sanders needs to be vetted. If he gets the nomination, he will get an avalanche of opposition

research. Right now, the media is giving him a pass. Hillary Clinton has been attacked her whole public life. Muds had been slinged at her, but she is still standing. Bernie Sanders hasn't gotten an inch of negativity that has been thrown Clinton's way.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

32. Thanks for your concern about Bernies negatives. NOT! nt

[ProudToBeLiberal]

39. I am on your side. You can choose to believe it or not, but I am with you. nt

[ChisolmTrailDem]

49. I DO NOT TRUST YOU. And I never will. nt

[ProudToBeLiberal]

53. How can I get your trust back. What I can I do to earn it again? nt

[Agschmid]

97. You probably can't.

Also it's probably not worth it.

It's an anonymous discussion board, just get out there and support your candidate.

This OP isn't supporting a candidate just FYI.

[arcane1]

132. I'd worry about credibility before worrying about trust. n/t

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

145. They want you to lick Sanders' ass.

[aikoaiko]

124. What side is that exactly?

[ProudToBeLiberal]

126. You sure do know how to ask the right questions. I always thought the right answer deserved the

right question.

[Duckhunter935]

38. still mad you were block from the Bernie group

Funny how all of you negative posts started after that. Sounds like you have very some kind of grudge.

[Bobbie Jo]

151. Who on earth would be mad about that?

[Duckhunter935]

152. the person I responded too

Right after he was blocked, he or she started the attack posts only on Bernie. He or she also whined over in the Hillary group about it.

[Bobbie Jo]

153. ok

small favors.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

33. ^^^^ Deleted due to alert stalking. nt

[Duckhunter935]

40. they are out there

[Voice for Peace]

81. Then why disseminate distortions?

This is what is turning voters away from Hilary-- dishonesty.

[mythology]

141. Perhaps Sanders is adept with a wrench

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that there is a lot left out of this story.

Sanders has had some issues attracting minority support in this election but he's always had an eye on minority rights. Just because his current message isn't resonating as well as Clinton's doesn't mean that Sanders doesn't actively work for minority groups.

[virtualobserver]

41. Do you fault President Obama for not sending someone to Flint?

He might be better equipped to help than Bernie.

[ProudToBeLiberal]

46. He's sending 5 million dollars to Flint. nt

[virtualobserver]

51. you didn't answer my question

[ProudToBeLiberal]

55. He personally met with the Mayor of Flint in the oval office. nt

[virtualobserver]

60. you still didn't answer my question

[ProudToBeLiberal]

62. Obama sent FEMA to Flint. nt

[questionseverything]

76. the president is the only one with the power to arrest snyder

instead we have no investigation

the fbi should of seized snyders computers way before now

but evidently it is not illegal to poison an entire city

[Sheepshank]

111. There are no investigations? Are you very, very sure about that? n/t

[questionseverything]

116. who knows

http://www.metrotimes.com/Blogs/archives/2016/01/06/feds-to-investigate-flint-snyder-declares-a-state-of-emergency

While the US Attorney's office — an offshoot of the Department of Justice — has not indicated whether or not their probe is civil or criminal, the Free Press spoke with Peter Henning, a former federal prosecutor and a professor at Wayne State University Law School, who gave some insight.

"...if the investigation relates to potential wrongdoing by the city or the state, it is almost certainly a civil investigation, which could result in a consent agreement between the public entity and the Justice Department. If the investigation relates to possible wrongdoing by individuals, it could potentially be a criminal investigation, Henning said."

//////////////////////////////

when they seize snyders computers and all his personal communications...let me know

this has been on going since 2014,if it wasn't for rachel nothing would be happening

[NCTraveler]

115. "we have no investigation"

Might want to question a few more things.

[virtualobserver]

88. and that is appropriate....What Hillary has done is called grandstanding.

[ProudToBeLiberal]

101. I'm glad I have answered your questions to your satisfaction. A little dialogue never hurts :). nt

[oasis]

149. "Called grandstanding" by you. The people of Flint call it

a compassionate, proactive gesture. On this issue, their opinions are the only ones that count.

[virtualobserver]

150. If I were in Flint, I would appreciate it too,

but it is still grandstanding.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

133. And she has the money and the staff to do that.

Although what "that" is, I'm not sure.

[notadmblnd]

136. So specifically- what the hell did she do?

Sending an aid is doing nothing as the mayor of Flint has no power to do anything.

So what the hell did it accomplish? Don't give me the rubbish she got Snyder to declare a state of emergency either, pressure was being put on him by others before she even opened her mouth.

Did she hand out water? Did she donate money? Did she turn off the spigot the poisoned water is flowing from? Did she get a new pipeline built overnight? Did she even tell them to reverse and use the old pipeline coming from Detroit? Did she tell Snyder to "cut it out?" The answer to every single one of those questions is a resounding NO! She's done nothing but attempt to co-opt a crisis for political gain. Nothing more, nothing less.

[CTyankee]

139. while I'm glad Hillary offered to send an aide, I don't know if Bernie did or did not

call. And what "services" would that be? I'm not sure what "coordinate with the mayor" means...what more can a campaign aide do to help out?

[Major Nikon]

112. Sanders was getting arrested for protesting segregation while HRC was cheering for Goldwater

...as he was voting against the Civil Rights Act.

Her position on gay marriage not so coincidentally changed just not that long ago around the same time popular opinion did.

Someone should remind the HRC fan base that one of the two candidates has been "evolving" on civil rights issues and the other didn't need to check public opinion polls before making up his mind.

[uponit7771]

85. What is false about the account of what happened? tia

[ChisolmTrailDem]

90. Because the OP is attempting to paint the entire campaign as racially profiling and that is just...

...not true.

[uponit7771]

100. Any account of who told the campaign staffer to address the black women? Seems like the ...

... staffer wouldn't do that on their own.

If the stafafer did do all of this on their own then you're right, this should not be attributed to Sanders campaign at all

[ChisolmTrailDem]

103. so you think it's possible that someone, anyone in the Sanders campaign would tell staffers to...

...clear out the black people???

Seriously???

[uponit7771]

113. No, not all... just the ones they saw as disruptive.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

147. I do! Absolutely!

[ChisolmTrailDem]

92. ^^^^^ Deleted due to alert stalking. nt

[Punkingal]

3. Pathetic attack.

[NCTraveler]

4. I have seen the video a number of times.

I decided not to post it. What I find interesting is that it appears at least one POC was removed simply because she looked like the group who was going to protest and was sitting close to them. They simply included her because she was black.

[ProudToBeLiberal]

6. I'm seeing a pattern.

After Bernie Sander's dishonesty with his omission of Hillary Clinton meeting with 50 Black leaders, I decided to take action.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

7. He's not Hillary's personal press secretary nor is he obligated to track and report...

...everything Hillary does!

WHAT THE FUCK?????

[snooper2]

10. FYI, posting on a message board isn't , TAKING ACTION!

[NCTraveler]

22. I fully agree with your reasoning.

Fully. I was looking for a little more from the people involved. I agree this should have been posted. Thanks.

[workinclasszero]

36. Yeah lots of people see a pattern

but don't want to get banned so....

[Duckhunter935]

42. only after you got mad

After your block. Nice coincidence

[randys1]

8. Bernie's staffer totally fucked up. Even if they were planning, ESPECIALLY IF THEY were

planning some sort of ruckus/protest while on stage.

THINK about it, for Bernie it is another chance to NOT silence them, show everybody he supports them


He would get FAR more PR because of the incident

ETC ETC ETC

Why is this idiot working for Bernie?

I should be there, dammit

[NCTraveler]

18. I saw this for the first time and started reading about it yesterday.

I will be happy to give my thoughts, most nefarious first.

1) If the one young lady was thrown out because she was black and simply sitting close to this group, that is blatant racial profiling.

2) The person pointing them out to security could have easily called security personnel behind the scene and had the discussion there. Then security themselves could have handled the situation.

3) The young man has a big job. I don't want to discount that. What Sanders is doing is extremely important and this young man was clearly tasked with dealing with a possible protest on stage(at least some form of crowd monitoring). Under best case scenario he didn't handle it well. I do think he did an acceptable job considering the pressure he was under. A protest on-stage could take up the last days of media for the Sanders campaign before Iowa. The young man looked flat out panicked and angry. He was in a situation that was big. We need to be honest about how big a situation like this could be. I am not of the belief you let people take to the stage at your events if it can be dealt with easily. This young man simply appeared to be in over his head.

4) How the hell don't they have a go-to person representing the Sanders campaign in these matters. Clearly the young man tasked with the job was out of his league. They have to have a go-to person at this point. The myriad of ways this could have been handled better.

[randys1]

30. I havent seen video, not sure where that is. I just read a summary of what happened and

realized yet another opportunity wasted.

I see your point that this could be distracting, but the ONLY new voters Bernie is getting in these last few says are the very people this could have impressed, and therefore I submit again it was a HUGE opportunity lost.

[NCTraveler]

37. Video is at the link in the op. nt.

[KamaAina]

11. "Bernie Sanders has an empathy problem when it comes connecting with people of color"?

O rly?

[ProudToBeLiberal]

14. I am sorry to hear that. I know what it's like to get a post hidden :(.

Link to the hidden post?

[ChisolmTrailDem]

26. You're the poster that posted the OP that got me hidden. NO, I DON'T TRUST YOU. nt

[Duckhunter935]

47. I would not trust them either

[Duckhunter935]

48. trying for another hide

you really expect them to link to a hidden post for you?

[ProudToBeLiberal]

61. It was an innocent question. He has nothing to fear from me. nt

[ChisolmTrailDem]

64. I DO NOT TRUST YOU. nt

[ProudToBeLiberal]

74. I trust you :). nt

[ChisolmTrailDem]

77. I WILL NEVER TRUST ANOTHER THING YOU POST. nt

[NCTraveler]

107. You keep repeatedly personally attacking a poster.

Attacking their character all while claiming you are being harmed by alert stalking. I truly hope you see the irony with respect to your concerns when the op is about racial profiling. Literally being thrown out of an event because they were black. It seem POC were thrown out who were not with the protesters, they were simply charged with sitting while black. This is serious. This should be fully up for discussion on a progressive board without members claiming oppression from alerts.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

109. Oh, I can't say I don't trust someone? Really? nt

[NCTraveler]

110. Reply, after reply, after reply.

Racial profiling is a serious issue. It trumps your concerns of trust. You have TWENTYSEVEN replies, two somewhat about the op. That is being generous. This is a huge issue in this country. Huge. I am simply asking you to observe the issue at hand. You are worried about alert stalking when you have twentyfive replies that have absolutely nothing to do with the op. At this point you account for over twenty percent of the replies on an op that has over one hundred replies.

We need to take this seriously.

[Duckhunter935]

117. I will when others do

Some on this board are allowed to be called racist. The silence from people around here calling that out as wrong was deafening .

[NCTraveler]

122. My reply wasn't to you and isn't factually accurate to anyone other than who I was replying to.

I have been called a racist on this board. That in no way give me the urge to wait anything out in order for me to call out racial profiling. We are different in that area. I don't come with caveats as you have laid out.

"I will when others do"

I don't need to wait for others.

[Duckhunter935]

125. funny

I got blocked from the AA group for calling out racism in that protected group. Racism is bad against all people. You took my comment the wrong way. I guess I should have worded it better.

[NCTraveler]

128. Now you are on about being blocked from a group.

Anything but the racial profiling brought to our attention by the op.

Your words were crystal clear.

Duckhunter935

117. I will when others do

Some on this board are allowed to be called racist. The silence from people around here calling that out as wrong was deafening .

[Duckhunter935]

79. I trust that poster also

Do not trust you

[ProudToBeLiberal]

84. But, we are still friends, right? nt

[Duckhunter935]

89. we are two posters on an chat board

[ProudToBeLiberal]

96. Ok, but we are on FRIENDly terms, right? nt

[ChisolmTrailDem]

104. NO, we're not friends. I DON'T TRUST YOU. What part of that do you not understand? nt

[ProudToBeLiberal]

105. I was talking to duckhunter. nt

[Duckhunter935]

118. I do not know

I have a feeling you have alerted on me too.

[ProudToBeLiberal]

119. When I alert, I usually post the results. So, you would know if I had. nt

[Duckhunter935]

120. if you say so

[ProudToBeLiberal]

123. I need your approval. Please... nt

[frylock]

135. Aw, shucks.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

24. ^^^^ Deleted due to alert stalking. nt

[ProudToBeLiberal]

78. Deleting this post because I heard there was a concerted effort alert and hide. How shameful. nt

[Major Nikon]

87. I was on the jury and was going to vote to Leave It. Here's my comments.

Dumb posts aren't' against community standards. Best just to remind this poster the "pattern" of Bernie Sanders' race relations includes him getting arrested for protesting segregation at the same time HRC was apologetically empathizing with Goldwater as he voted against the Civil Rights Act. Unlike HRC, whose "pattern" has been "evolving" on a number of issues concerning tolerance, Sanders has been pretty consistent.

[ProudToBeLiberal]

94. Thank you. You are a good person. Thanks for having my back :). nt

[cali]

13. Hillary said if BLM activists didn't like what she was saying

then she'd only talk to whites. In 2008 she said she wanted to appeal to hard working whites. Her initial response to BLM was All Lives Matter. I could give you more examples. Does that demonstrate that she lacks compassion toward minorities? How about her advocating for sending unaccompanied undocumented children back to Central America?

Someone without compassion for minorities doesn't organize and get arrested for civil rights, doesn't spend years working against discrimination and oppression.

You are using lightly coded language to call Bernie a racist.

It's utterly contemptible to do that.

[KamaAina]

16. You missed a hide by the skin of your teeth, dude/dudette.

On Thu Jan 28, 2016, 01:20 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

Racial profiling alleged at Bernie Sanders rally in St. Paul
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511082706

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

The poster accuses Bernie of being racist. Yes, it's coded but that is what it is.

"We all know that Bernie Sanders has an empathy problem when it comes connecting with people of color. "

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Thu Jan 28, 2016, 01:26 PM, and the Jury voted 3-4 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Likely a crock of crap, but not hideable.
Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: blah blah blah blah GDP alert yet again....HIDE HIDE HIDE!
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Not outside TOS. Use Reply to show where poster is wrong.
Juror #4 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: The article is dumb. Naturally people who are looking for attention will not be allowed to be on stage behind Bernie or any candidate. The issue is with race baiting and the poster's commentary. Hide.
Juror #5 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: It's not accusing Sanders of racism. At most, it implies one or two staffers were-- however the implication arises from their actions. Beyond that, it's a story from a new source (one I admittedly have little relevant knowledge of) and does not cross any lines. Should we accept the alert on face value, we're then compelled to hide any article which implies any negative race concerns regarding any candidate.
Juror #7 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given

Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.

And I was the deciding vote to leave it up here for further exposure to public ridicule.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

28. ^^^^ Deleted due to alert stalking. nt

[Duckhunter935]

52. best to be careful

I know a certain poster is probably the alerter.

[ProudToBeLiberal]

23. KamaAina, you are an angel. You are a better person than I am. Thank you for your generosity. nt

[KamaAina]

25. Hardly. I just tend to default to Leave It Alone.

Now, had you actually called Bernie a racist, that would have been another matter altogether.

[ProudToBeLiberal]

35. For the record, I do not believe Bernie Sanders to be a racist. He's a decent human being.

I am just question is lack of empathy and connection with people of color.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

43. That is just absolute crap! Jesus Christ!!!

*Bernie Sanders entered into politics through the civil rights movement, more than a half century ago. He organized with CORE (the Congress of Racial Equality) in Chicago, and led a sit-in against segregated housing as far back as 1962.

*According to John Nichols of The Nation, Sanders is one of only 2 sitting U.S. Senators who actually attended the 1963 March on Washington, and saw Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., give his “I Have A Dream” speech in person. (The other is Mitch McConnell, believe it or not...) At the time, Sanders was an organizer for SNCC (the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee).

*Bernie Sanders is one of the only elected White officeholders who endorsed Jesse Jackson for President (twice!). In 1984, he got slapped at a rally when he endorsed Jackson (though the slap was probably for remaining an Independent Socialist, rather than a Democrat). In 1988, Sanders and his organizers helped Jackson win a surprise victory in the Vermont caucuses--by one state delegate. In Jesse’s memorable phrase, Bernie Sanders & Jim Hightower were among the few elected White officeholders brave enough to “cross the color line” to support him when it mattered.

WTF??????

[ieoeja]

65. See post #19. That outright calls Bernie a racist.

Unless you think lacking empathy with people of color is not racist. But I'm pretty sure you agree that it is.

On edit: I agree with you that the OP should not have been hidden. He didn't start calling Bernie a racist until post #19.

[KamaAina]

69. So alert on it.

[ieoeja]

83. I was wrong. The OP did include that statement.

As did his first reply to a poster. And probably several others.

I am surprised you did not vote to hide that. Do you believe lack of empathy with people of color is not racist? Or did it just slip past (like it clearly slipped past me at first)?

[ChisolmTrailDem]

95. Can't, the OP deleted it. nt

[ieoeja]

114. I just want to know why juorors thought lacking empathy for POC is not racist? n/t

[Beacool]

70. Yes, long live censorship.

For a Democratic site, far too many want to censor others.

How democratic........

[KamaAina]

21. OP's profile says his/her favorite group is the Bernie group!

I can only imagine.

[cali]

27. The op is a certain kind of poster

[MineralMan]

58. And what kind of poster do you believe

that would be, cali? Do tell.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

66. Not one that can't type a simple "yes" or "no' when it doesn't serve the poster's interest. Not...

...even for a friend.

[cali]

67. I think I'll politely decline your invitation to get a hide, MinMan

Use your sparkling imagination

[MineralMan]

71. OK. I suppose I'll just have to guess.

What happened happened. The vehemence in response to this posting of a story in a local newspaper is, well, a bit over the top, I think. I read the story and watched the video. It's an unfortunate incident, really, in a state where Sanders needs to do well on March 1.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

80. Not being able to type a simple "yes" or "no" is a bit over the top. nt

[Duckhunter935]

72. let's just say

[ChisolmTrailDem]

45. Why is that poster allowed to even post in the Bernie group? I'll find out! nt

[Duckhunter935]

56. that poster got blocked

And now is just posting hit pieces on Bernie out of spite.

[Vinca]

31. This report doesn't ring true at all.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

34. Because it's NOT. nt

[ProudToBeLiberal]

68. Check out the video. It's embedded in the article. Click on the link. nt

[ChisolmTrailDem]

73. You're taking one incident of a frazzled staffer tying to get things done and attributing the...

...incident to Bernie's entire campaign, as if it's standard and planned practice!

I will NEVER trust another thing you post.

[MineralMan]

82. And yet, it did occur, and was recorded.

As a representative of the Sanders campaign, it was unfortunate. Now it is new, and has been reported by the widest circulation weekly publication in the Twin Cities. It's decidedly not to the Sanders Campaign's advantage that it happened and is now being publicized.

What does it mean about Bernie Sanders? Probably nothing at all. What effect will it have? That's hard to say. I doubt it will help here on March 1. We'll see.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

86. All it would have taken was a 'yes' or 'no', but you weren't able to do that for a friend. nt

[MineralMan]

98. Frankly, I have no idea to what you are referring.

Last edited Thu Jan 28, 2016, 04:09 PM - Edit history (1)

Some other thread, I suppose. This thread is the one I'm replying in. I don't do cross-thread discussions so much..

I also don't necessarily answer "yes or no" demands very often. Most questions require a more complex answer. I can't remember what this might be about, and I don't have time to go hunt it down.

On DU, I have only people whose screen names I recognize. My friends are people I have met in person and know well. I've never met anyone from DU in person.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

106. Of course you don't. You showed me how you are. nt

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

146. You wrote: "What does it mean about Bernie Sanders? Probably nothing at all."

Nothing at all, and that's why he'll make little inroads with black voters and will lose.

[uponit7771]

93. There's a video for all of us to see, whats fake about the vid? tia

[Jarqui]

44. Wow. This thread is a couple of minutes of my life I wish I had back ...

[ProudToBeLiberal]

50. Yeah, me too. I could be doing something else, but the urgency of the matter had to be addressed. nt

[NCTraveler]

57. I believe you are correct in its need to be seen.

Hence the very dramatic responses.

[MineralMan]

63. As I said below, it's unfortunate.

It will receive widespread dissemination here. City Pages is a widely-read weekly paper. Incidents like this are relatively minor, really, but take on more importance when publicized.

Dissing our AA population isn't going to sit well. I know that Sanders didn't do it, of course, but the incident happened, was recorded, and will be widely seen. Unfortunate.

[riversedge]

108. Yes,,,

When I lived in S. St Paul --I read and knew many who read it. --and.

[Duckhunter935]

59. yes, we know why

[MineralMan]

54. Unfortunate. City Pages is very widely read in

the Twin Cities, especially by millennials. I'm far too old to be one of them, but I read it weekly, too. It's our arts, entertainment and civic life newspaper.

That staffer could have done this a little differently. These days, everyone is carrying a high-def video camera, and people are quick to record such interactions.

The Sanders campaign has a perfect right to restrict access to high-visibility positions at appearances. Yet, such selections really need to be done judiciously. Based on the cell-phone video, the action taken could have been better handled.

This will get some pretty broad coverage and notice here. That's unfortunate for the Sanders campaign.

[DanTex]

75. Ugh. They were afraid of another BLM debacle, so they just started kicking out black people.

It was Bernie's staff, not Bernie that did this, but still, it sure doesn't look good.

[MineralMan]

91. That's certainly how it will appear to people who

read that article in the City Pages and watch the video. Whether it's actually the case is another matter, but appearances count in political campaigns. This is an unfortunate incident for the Sanders campaign, and in a state where he really needs to do well at our caucuses.

[ProudToBeLiberal]

99. I feel like I am fighting for my life in this thread. Thank you to everyone who has my back.

I am just the messenger. I love Bernie Sanders as a human being. He is a decent person. He needs to be vetted before the GE. The Republicans will unleash a torrent of opposition research on him.

[MineralMan]

102. You posted a story from a publication in the Twin Cities.

It would have been posted by someone, certainly. What happened happened and was recorded on video. It will be part of the conversation. I have no problem with your posting of it. You did fine.

[aikoaiko]

127. And you gave your opinion about Bernie.

This story is strange and the video is very short and not particularly helpful in verifying the claims of racially profiling.


Oh wait, do you think what you're doing is vetting Bernie Sanders?

[ProudToBeLiberal]

130. The paper is very respectable. A couple of people in thread said it is widely read in the city. nt

[Duckhunter935]

137. funny you did not feel the same way until

You were blocked from the Bernie group. Where are your hit pieces on Hillary as she needs to be vetted also.

[ieoeja]

121. Is Berne racist? Or are you racist?

You have posted multiple times that, "Bernie Sanders lacks empathy for persons of color." So:

1. Do you believe that Sanders is racist?

2. Or do you believe that lacking empathy for persons of color is *not* racist?


One of those two questions must have a "yes" answer.

[Duckhunter935]

129. I would be surprised if you get an answer

But the silence is also very telling.

[ProudToBeLiberal]

131. No one is racist. I am not a racist. Bernie is not a racist. nt

[ieoeja]

138. Thank you for disavowing your "empathy for POC" statements. n/t

[ProudToBeLiberal]

134. Jury Results

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

Calling the OP a racist. It is a personal attack.

JURY RESULTS

A randomly-selected Jury of DU members completed their review of this alert at Thu Jan 28, 2016, 08:32 PM, and voted 0-7 to LEAVE IT ALONE.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Asking, not calling. It's not great but it is par for the course during primaries. Life is tough. Roll with it.
Juror #7 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given

[riversedge]

142. uga uga. sad for DU

[Number23]

140. The highjacking and bullshit in this thread is Reason #12977 that you can damn near count on one

hand the number of posters of color that still bother to post here.

I actually came in here to ask about this bit of the article:

A group of seven young black women had gone to the rally to hand out fliers to raise awareness about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and its effect on the local African immigrant population.

and see if anyone had a bit more information. But after reading all of this 2nd grade bullshit and people screaming about what group the OP posts in and they don't trust him anymore, I will take my concerns about my community back to the AA forum like I always do. I guess I should just be happy that no one posted any garbage about their candidate for president having MLK's "mantle" in this thread like I've seen in so many others. It's a small gift but I'll take it.

[R B Garr]

143. That video is chilling. Caught straight up racially profiling.

Pointing and ejecting people not even in the targeted group just because of the color of the skin. And there are people dismissing this as unimportant because Bernie's image is the main priority.

[ProudToBeLiberal]

148. Yeah, you have to really watch the video to understand the blatant racial profiling.

One of the attendees was saying that she wasn't with the group, but was still thrown out by the Sanders campaign.

[R B Garr]

154. Exactly. Looks like they haven't learned a thing from

his earlier negative news cycles about this. The video is cringe-worthy. No excuses.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

144. When it comes to racial profiling, we as black people are seldom if ever exaggerating. We have to go

through this on a near-daily basis.

So if black people are saying that they're being racially profiled, I'm inclined to believe them.