Posted on 08/02/2015 9:33:46 PM PDT by massmike
A reporter was harassed at a “Movement for Black Lives” rally at Cleveland State University after an announcement to the crowd that “this is a peoples of African descent space. If you are not of African descent please go to the outside of the circle immediately.”
That according to a video circulating which shows reporter Brandon Blackwell, who is not of African descent, quickly retreat to the back of the gathering amidst cheers from activists surrounding him, seemingly in support of the banishment.
The video, recorded by Blackwell himself on Sunday, captured the events that occurred on the steps of a Cleveland State University building while the university’s crest loomed above.
Members of the crowd took to blocking Blackwell’s camera with their hands, a traffic cone, and a T-shirt that reads “The Movement for Black Lives.”
Seen in the video is an aggravated crowd of primarily black activists. The group consists of all ages and genders and includes a small contingent of young children located close to the main speaker. Several in attendance are young adults, college aged, and wearing backpacks, presumably students at the university.
At points throughout the roughly 20 minute video, Blackwell is accused of being a federal agent and an agitator while he explains to them he is a reporter and identifies himself by name and occupation.
The video concludes with Blackwell repeatedly asking one activist to not touch his camera.
“I got 800 black people behind me, what the f*** are you gonna do?” replied the activist, while standing face to face with Blackwell.
According to Cleveland.com, “the three-day conference held at Cleveland State University kicked off a new campaign, Movement for Black Lives, which is fueled by national outrage over a series of deaths of minorities at the hands of police.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thecollegefix.com ...
I’m going to start a CAUCASIAN AMERICAN Group...and see if I could ban blacks from it...
Or my pastor... he is an Afrikaans. He calls himself an African....His wife is a blonde....
Anthropologists are wrong!
How can it be a national movement when they insist on segregating it?
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