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Black Activist Punched at Donald Trump Rally in Birmingham
The Washington Post ^ | Sunday, November 22, 2015 | Jenna Johnson and Mary Jordan

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 ...


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To: Georgia Girl 2

The headline should have read “BLM protester finds out what an Alabama Azz Kicking is” :-)
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LOL! Way to go, Georgia Girl.


101 posted on 11/22/2015 10:22:55 AM PST by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: jimbug

There is such a thing as a civil RICO suit. I think it should be seriously considered. For may situations.


102 posted on 11/22/2015 10:35:54 AM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion ('Liberalism' is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)
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To: Salamander

“Don’t start Nuffin, won’t be Nuffin.”<——what she said..


103 posted on 11/22/2015 10:41:14 AM PST by moehoward
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To: kristinn

‘bout time.


104 posted on 11/22/2015 10:46:39 AM PST by windsorknot
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To: kristinn

Uppity whitey alert!!!!


105 posted on 11/22/2015 10:52:17 AM PST by SaraJohnson
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To: kristinn

“The racially charged altercation occurred in Birmingham, famous in the 1960s as a center of the civil rights struggle, and led some to note that Trump’s supporters at the rally were nearly all white — in a city with a black majority.”

Oh really?
Who made it racially charged?


106 posted on 11/22/2015 11:03:05 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: kristinn

The fact he was able to give an interview NOT from a hospital bed shows he was not mishandled.

I can see it now, like an old cartoon character from the 1930s...
“They hit me and kicked me and knocked me down and scratched up my clothes then they kicked me and hurt me and then...they kicked me!”


107 posted on 11/22/2015 11:05:12 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Paladin2
Who supports this guy’s lifestyle?

I'm betting it's a George Soros front group... but we all know the Washington post won't look into that...

108 posted on 11/22/2015 11:09:07 AM PST by GOPJ (Syrians escape to live well in US & EU..Our troops go to Syria to die in their place. It's nuts.)
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To: Gaffer; MinuteGal; hoosiermama; HarleyLady27; DoughtyOne; entropy12; Jane Long; oswegodeee; onyx

“Trump doesn’t give a rat’s patooty about any of it and the media can try as they will - water off a duck’s back.”

Thank goodness Trump does not have a linguine spine, as the MSM/Dems/Rinos/GOPe only have a couple of months left to try to sway and/or scare the potential Pub Primary voters out there to vote for “anybody but Trump”.

They are all very desperate now, and must act fast. They will try anything, especially distorted polls, media panels on TV, debate moderators, print media, and on the Internet. This includes lots of false reporting and major lying like in this article above. Be prepared to try to refute this onslaught by any means you can to help out Trump.

The evil forces out there are coalescing to do Trump in, and they will throw everything but the kitchen sink at him. This is a battle for the ideological soul of America, and we must not falter. Our enemies KNOW Trump will beat Hillary in a landslide.


109 posted on 11/22/2015 11:10:40 AM PST by flaglady47 (TRUMP ROCKS)
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To: kristinn
Sometimes, it's the only solution.

"What did the five fingers say to the face..."


110 posted on 11/22/2015 11:52:11 AM PST by Bon mots
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To: Ann Archy
FAKE STORY!! The person yelling "Don’t choke him" was probably in on it too.

Might have been strategized to refer to the "I can't breathe" issue where police were accused of suffocating a seller of illegal cigarettes in NYC.

111 posted on 11/22/2015 4:16:22 PM PST by Albion Wilde (If you can't make a deal with a politician, you can't make a deal. --Donald Trump)
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To: Awgie; Fhios; VerySadAmerican

I am in that boat, at 80 years!
Even apes respect(don’t piss-off) Silverbacks!
Read the tagline.


112 posted on 12/08/2015 8:59:27 AM PST by GOYAKLA ( Pick-up the pace, I'm eighty!)
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