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Trump's rough handling of rally dissenters stirs questions
Yahoo News ^ | 10 Mar 2016 | ALLEN G. BREED

Posted on 03/10/2016 3:07:46 PM PST by mandaladon

To Rakeem Jones, flanked on all sides by uniformed sheriff's deputies, it was more than just the shock of being ejected from a political rally for Donald Trump. The black man felt as if he was being transported back in time.

"It's not the America they portray on TV," the 26-year-old said, the day after he was wrestled to the ground by officers and punched in the face during the campaign event in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

But to friend Ronnie Rouse, who caught the incident on video, it was "totally American."

"This is the America everybody wants to ignore," the music producer told The Associated Press Thursday. "This is the America, when people tell you, 'Oh, racism doesn't exist.' It's here."

What should we make of scenes like this Wednesday evening at Crown Coliseum?

They have become a regular thing at Trump rallies, and while security experts say Trump has every right to quash dissent at events he's paying for, they say the Republican front-runner is playing with fire by not tamping down uncivil behavior and assault.

"I would go so far as to say that I find that abhorrent," security consultant Stan Kephart, a former police chief in Arizona and California, says of Trump's failure to call out his pugnacious followers. "To me, he's pressing the line. He's doing things that you would see a showman do."

What's Trump's attitude about all of this?

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections; trump
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Rouse said his group was reacting to an insult against one of their party when they were suddenly swarmed by officers, and Jones was thrown to the floor. As he was being led away, Jones said he could hear Trump shouting, "Go home to your mama." Jones' mother died eight years ago.................Bleeding heart liberals
1 posted on 03/10/2016 3:07:47 PM PST by mandaladon
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To: mandaladon

Standard communist agitprop.


2 posted on 03/10/2016 3:08:55 PM PST by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: mandaladon

Show up at a Trump rally uninvited
Stir shit up
Get the crap beat out of you
Simple


3 posted on 03/10/2016 3:09:04 PM PST by harwood (You don't wanna go there.)
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To: mandaladon

Daddy’s whereabouts are unknown


4 posted on 03/10/2016 3:09:18 PM PST by Donglalinger
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To: mandaladon

Why would someone go to a rally of the opposing side unless you are there for trouble. Don’t give me some garbage about it being your right to free speech and all that crap......they went there to cause trouble. Liberal thinking is a disease.


5 posted on 03/10/2016 3:10:19 PM PST by mandaladon (Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself. Mark Twai)
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To: Donglalinger

“Papa was a rolling stone”...


6 posted on 03/10/2016 3:10:42 PM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: mandaladon

Another miss piece.


7 posted on 03/10/2016 3:12:38 PM PST by Eddie01
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To: facedown

Yep.


8 posted on 03/10/2016 3:12:49 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: mandaladon
To Rakeem Jones, flanked on all sides by uniformed sheriff's deputies, it was more than just the shock of being ejected from a political rally for Donald Trump. The black man felt as if he was being transported back in time.

Drama much, Yahoo News?

9 posted on 03/10/2016 3:13:11 PM PST by JennysCool (My hyprocrisy goes only so far.)
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To: mandaladon

Rakeem - next time you are in prison, be sure to tell them about the time you got whupped by a 78 year old man. Should get you a lot of re-spect in the cell block.


10 posted on 03/10/2016 3:13:53 PM PST by PAR35
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To: mandaladon

They are also paid.


11 posted on 03/10/2016 3:14:50 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: mandaladon

http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2016/02/23/dc-media-loves-obamas-violent-rhetoric-freaks-over-trumps-punch-wish/


12 posted on 03/10/2016 3:15:12 PM PST by the_daug
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To: mandaladon

The only question is how much did soros/blm types pay him to cause issue.


13 posted on 03/10/2016 3:15:57 PM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 HillaryForPrison2016)
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To: mandaladon

funny, reuters wasn’t there when the gun, knife and bat were pulled on me in the cab by Obama’s sons.

or when the mom of a 4 year old stole money out of my wallet that I stupidly left on the front seat while I put HER groceries in the trunk.

then when I couldn’t find it and said i’m calling the cops she found it in the back floor!!! a miracle. but it was empty

last time I did that.

reuters misses all those things


14 posted on 03/10/2016 3:17:10 PM PST by dp0622
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To: mandaladon

Last I saw there was no right to incite at a private event. If a White person went to a BLM event and started saying incitement stuff would they be defending the inciter as free speech? I seriously doubt it.


15 posted on 03/10/2016 3:18:16 PM PST by Mechanicos
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To: mandaladon

the Constitution protects your right to free speech

the Constitution protects the free speech of candiate’s

the Constitution protects the rights of those who wish to hear a candidate

when a candidate rents a hall, his guests are allowed in

if a person wishes to protest, they can do it outside the entrance all they want

they do not have a right to silence a candidate and prevent those who wish to hear him from hearing him

an attendee at a Trump even is having their Constitutional rights violated by anyone who acts out

someone starts dismantling my rights, will have their own dismantled


16 posted on 03/10/2016 3:19:33 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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Obama’s Brown Shirts doing what they do.
17 posted on 03/10/2016 3:21:00 PM PST by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: mandaladon
FYI

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3407548/posts

18 posted on 03/10/2016 3:22:00 PM PST by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: mandaladon

I love how these people can be rude, loud, disruptive and still be called “victims”.

Isn’t Obamaland great?


19 posted on 03/10/2016 3:23:56 PM PST by Tzimisce
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from 2004:
20 posted on 03/10/2016 3:27:06 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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