Black students racially profiled and harassed by staff at Rubio event

[DetlefK]

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/02/08/3747089/marco-rubio-event-profile/

As soon as Henry and Uban-Ebere started setting up their cameras, however, a staffer told them they could not film because they did not have press credentials. The two women put their cameras away. Moments later, they were approached again by Rubio’s staff and told not to shoot video, even though they had already put their equipment away.

But they continued to attract the attention of Rubio’s staff.

“Then they were stared at and then they were approached again and it created this really tense atmosphere,” Latty, their professor, told ThinkProgress. Meanwhile, “another student in my class who is a white male had his camera on a tripod on a riser without a press pass.”

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Earlier in the weekend, Latty and her students attended town hall events with Jeb Bush and John Kasich. She said both candidates were respectful and helped accommodate the students so they could be part of the process. “The other two Republican candidates were really nice to us,” she said. “We felt welcomed.”

[Faux pas]

1. But but but

O'Bama is trying to change the county.

rubio=MORAN that is all.

[jwirr]

2. IMO there is nothing worse than someone who pits one

minority race against another. Our government has used this MO for years to keep all minorities down. Do not fall for this bull. The problems may not be exactly the same but minorities are closer to each other than they are to white supremacists.

Rubio is using this MO and siding with the 1%. One of these days he will wake up and find out they do not like him either.

[gratuitous]

3. Remind me again, Sen. Rubio?

You were saying that President Obama is pitting people against one another, trying to divide us as Americans? Can you explain the behavior of your staff people at your campaign appearance? Or am I being divisive by noticing the different treatment that students receive from your staff people?

You are, as we say in these parts, a piece of work.