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Related: About this forumWhy These Ferguson Activists Are Voting For Bernie Sanders
They say black voters must cut their Clinton loyalties if they want solutions to systemic racism.
ST. LOUIS -- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) may be losing out to Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton with minority voters, but three Ferguson activists he invited to speak at an Illinois rally Friday say they're definitely "feeling the Bern."
Bruce Franks, the founder of 28 to Life, an organization that focuses on youth empowerment and police relations with communities, talked about losing his brother to gun violence at the packed rally inside Southern Illinois University Edwardsville basketball stadium.
In 1991, my brother, Christopher Harris, was 9 years old when he was killed. He was used as a human shield," said the 31-year-old, before announcing his run for Missouri state representative of the 79th district.
Senator Sanders knows that the root cause of violence is lack of jobs, education, and resources.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ferguson-activists-bernie-sanders_us_56db23d0e4b03a405678da1d
ST. LOUIS -- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) may be losing out to Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton with minority voters, but three Ferguson activists he invited to speak at an Illinois rally Friday say they're definitely "feeling the Bern."
Bruce Franks, the founder of 28 to Life, an organization that focuses on youth empowerment and police relations with communities, talked about losing his brother to gun violence at the packed rally inside Southern Illinois University Edwardsville basketball stadium.
In 1991, my brother, Christopher Harris, was 9 years old when he was killed. He was used as a human shield," said the 31-year-old, before announcing his run for Missouri state representative of the 79th district.
Senator Sanders knows that the root cause of violence is lack of jobs, education, and resources.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ferguson-activists-bernie-sanders_us_56db23d0e4b03a405678da1d
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Why These Ferguson Activists Are Voting For Bernie Sanders (Original Post)
FreakinDJ
Mar 2016
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warrprayer
(4,734 posts)1. Excellent
Thanks for posting this!
Vattel
(9,289 posts)2. awesome
Ron Green
(9,822 posts)4. You're not gonna see much of this story, or any analysis of it,
in the M$M. It'd be like the media talking about the merits of a movie rather than its box-office receipts.