Georgia State students say they were bounced from Clinton rally over BLM sign

[Mufaddal]

Early Friday, the two Georgia State University freshmen walked to Atlanta’s City Hall to hear the Democratic presidential candidate. Last week, they attended a rally by Bernie Sanders at Morehouse College. They wanted a chance to size up Clinton on Friday but say they didn’t get it.

Mwanda and Husbands claim they were kicked out of the rally for writing “Black Lives Matter” on the back of a Clinton sign.

“Why are these three words such a threat to her and her campaign?” Mwanda said.

Clinton’s campaign said late Friday that neither the campaign nor the Secret Service ejected anyone from the rally. Late Friday, a spokesperson for the Atlanta Police Department confirmed that two people were escorted out of the event for having signs, but didn't say who made the order.

Mwanda said once she and Husbands got to City Hall, they were put in a holding area for students. At some point, a campaign staffer gave Mwanda a sign reading, “Ready for Hillary.”

“I didn’t want to hold it, because I don’t know if I am supporting her yet,” Mwanda said. “I gave it away, but it made its way back to me.”

Link to full article: http://www.ajc.com/news/news/national-govt-politics/georgia-state-students-bounced-clinton-rally-over-/nqYrd/

[giftedgirl77]

1. So Hillary & her campaign say it wasn't them.

Come to find out it in fact wasn't them, it was the Atlanta PD bc they had signs. At least direct the outrage at the right ppl.

[Cheese Sandwich]

3. police don't eject people for having signs. Everybody there had signs.

It was for the words on the sign: Black Lives Matter.

Police don't kick you out for that unless the request came from the campaign event staff.

[giftedgirl77]

6. You go with that.

[Cheese Sandwich]

9. yes because police don't care what's on your sign.

The only way they eject you for a sign would be on request of the property or event staff.

[Cheese Sandwich]

12. Everyone should be concerned. Hillary has to be sheltered from the scary bad ideas.

Black Lives Matter. Terrifies the Clinton campaign apparently. We need to get to the bottom of this and find out who's responsible so they can apologize and be fired.

[zentrum]

24. Hillary has to be shielded

…from "awkward for her" photos on the evening news. Her image to too carefully controlled for that.

That's what this was about as much as anything else. Plus Ashley Williams really spooked her. Hillary doesn't want to be asked questions her staff hasn't scripted her for—Like Ashley did.

[Loudestlib]

23. Get out of the bubble.

Cheese Sandwich (5,362 posts)
16. Yeah it happened.

“I was on my phone and when I looked up Ashona was gone,” Mwanda said. “She wasn’t loud. She wasn’t chanting. I just looked up and she was gone. A few moments later, someone came for me.” The students said staffers and men with green military-type uniforms and bullet proof vests took the students in the hall and, according to both of them, told them that their signs and messages were inappropriate and that they would have to leave.

[Cheese Sandwich]

2. The Clinton campaign had them ejected

Cops don't just randomly kick people out without a request from event staff.

Obviously the Clinton campaign has no respect for these young people.

This needs to be investigated to find out who gave the order to eject these young people and why.

Whoever did it should be fired now and the campaign should apologize.

[CoffeeCat]

4. The Clinton camp is working overtime to ensure that there aren't any "disruptions"

at her rallies.

Gotta make sure that everything is staged, sanitized and propagandized.

Wouldn't want to go off script, now would we?

[morningfog]

5. She cants go off script. Not without disdain and anger.

[Cheese Sandwich]

7. Three simple words: Black Lives Matter. Will get you kicked out of a Clinton rally these days

That's not a campaign I would want to be a part of.

[MisterP]

8. "protesting's five Cs a pop, kiddos!"

[Cheese Sandwich]

20. They weren't even protesting. They were trying to participate in the event, in their own way,

Participating their own terms.

They were not disruptive in any way, except by having a sign that read Black Lives Matter.

Words that strike fear into the hearts of liberals everywhere apparently. Or at least Team Clinton.

[rbrnmw]

10. This is not true at all best check your facts

The Police put them out

[CoffeeCat]

15. The police act at the discretion of the campaign

The police are there because the campaign requested them. They are instructed and given parameters.

We're used to seeing this happen at Republican rallies. I remember Bush throwing people for protesting. Trump, of course, throws people out if his psycho Spidey sense kicks in and he wants them out.

So yeah. The police don't just throw someone out for holding a sign. They work at the behest of the campaign.

I went to quite a few Bernie rallies and I don't ever recall seeing a police presence there, EVER. I can't imagine that he'd have people kicked out. The crowd would probably boo them into submission!

Remember when the Black Lives Matter protesters showed up at Bernie's rally? Bernie simply stepped aside and allowed them to have the microphone. No police. No one was kicked out.

[Cheese Sandwich]

16. Yeah it happened.

“I was on my phone and when I looked up Ashona was gone,” Mwanda said. “She wasn’t loud. She wasn’t chanting. I just looked up and she was gone. A few moments later, someone came for me.” The students said staffers and men with green military-type uniforms and bullet proof vests took the students in the hall and, according to both of them, told them that their signs and messages were inappropriate and that they would have to leave.

[jillan]

13. I'm confused. People here are posting this is a lie, but yet AJC posted this article. If this was a

lie, why would AJC publish it?

[CoffeeCat]

17. Whoever is telling you that this is a lie--is lying.

The Atlanta Journal and Constitution reported on what happened. Clearly, there is an article written, witnessed interviewed and the women who experienced everything they did were interviewed and quoted.

Are people telling you not to believe your lying eyes?

I would trust the people who were there for the accurate account, not some keyboard jockey spewing blah blah blah on the interwebs. Right?

[AtomicKitten]

18. They also refuse to believe Bernie won the Latino vote in Nevada by 7 pts, but he did.

And the white vote by 2 pts. I posted an independent analysis by a nonprofit nonpartisan Latino group that found this to be accurate. He lost the black vote by some 45 pts, but they're fine with that part of the analysis.

---> http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511319446

[jillan]

21. It's the Hillary Bubble & it's impenetrable.

[Cheese Sandwich]

19. It happened. Make sure to click through to the ajc article

After reading it and seeing the pictures and signs I knew it had to be real.

[AzDar]

14. K & R

[Cheese Sandwich]

22. This reminds me of the time a black lady was removed from a Trump rally just for sitting there.

Similar because these students were also not doing anything wrong or disruptive.

[Cheese Sandwich]

25. This is breaking news

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141361470

[nadinbrzezinski]

26. Ok, ok, I detect a pattern now

and I do not need tinfoil for this... on the bright side, now that MAJOR local papers are starting to pick them up, the nationals might as well.

I will have to print this and make sure my local NAN folks know about this

[SoapBox]

27. What exactly has Hillary Clinton done for People of Color???

We're told she's some kind of Saint to the community...but what the hell has she ever done that is beneficial???

[actslikeacarrot]

28. They must have interrupted her...

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