Posted on 11/22/2015 5:08:34 AM PST by kristinn
A white man punched and attempted to choke a black protester who was thrown on the ground at a Donald Trump rally in Birmingham on Saturday morning, as an onlooker yelled, "Don't choke him! Don't choke him!"
The protester, identified by local media as well-known activist Mercutio Southall Jr., started shouting during Trump's speech and could be heard yelling, "Black lives matter!" A fight broke out around him, prompting Trump to briefly halt the rally and demand removal of Southall.
"Get him the hell out of here, will you please?" Trump said.
The crowd alternated between cheering and booing as security officers pushed their way through the crowd of several thousand. Southall fell to the ground and was surrounded by several white men who appeared to be kicking and punching him, according to video captured by CNN. A Washington Post reporter in the crowd watched as one of the men put his hands on Southall's neck, and heard a female onlooker repeatedly shout: "Don't choke him!"
Southall has had many run-ins with the police and has even been arrested as he fights against what he says is unfair treatment of blacks.
Several bystanders were alarmed that Southall would be severely hurt, and the security officers quickly moved to get him off the ground and walk him out of the building. Meanwhile, Trump recounted how Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders recently responded to Black Lives Matter activists who came onto the stage of one of his events.
"You see, he was politically correct," Trump said. "Two young women came up to the podium. They took over his microphone. I promise you, that's not going to happen with me. I promise you. Never going to happen. Not going to happen. Can't let that stuff happen."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Staged for the media.
“The protester, identified by local media as well-known activist Mercutio Southall Jr.,”
Did his grandmother read Shakespeare? If only Junior had done so, too, he wouldn’t be acting like an @$$.
This guy was the aggressor and was giving more than he got. Watch the vid.
What a fairly written article...
I would rewrite the first sentence to read,”A disturber of the peace gets his comeuppance.”
Dindu Nuffin.
If there isn’t a video or recording of the event where it was said “Don’t Choke him” or anything else BLM claims, it simply did not happen.
Good I’m tired of racists. All lives matter.
That’s the trouble with some black men. They can t tell the difference between a pat on the back and a jab in the ribs
FAKE STORY!! The person yelling “Don’t choke him” was probably in on it too.
Who supports this guy’s lifestyle?
I like that word.....comeuppance. Sounds like the black guy got what he deserved.
Don’t start Nuffin, won’t be Nuffin.
:)
Yep.
I’m tired of this terror group. I hope when a conservative takes the White House, we will have a DOJ that will investigate and prosecute this criminal enterprise.
“Uppity” still works too.
Does this guy’s head seem quite small in relation to his body?
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