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Police and Media Silent in Wake of Brutal Attacks on Trump Supporters
Alpha News ^ | Aug. 21, 2016 | Preya Samsundar -

Posted on 08/21/2016 6:40:03 PM PDT by Innovative

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Two days have passed since the private fundraiser held for Donald Trump at the Minneapolis Convention Center and stories are still trickling in about the events of the night.

As Alpha News reported, Donald Trump never made a public appearance in Minneapolis but showed up to a quiet and private event at the Minneapolis Convention Center on Friday night. However, that did not stop protesters from showing up by the dozens to show their displeasure with the Republican-endorsed candidate.

Trump supporters and donors were met with verbal and physical violence as they tried to enter and exit the private event.

Matt Erickson, a former CD2 Congressional Candidate, was physically attacked at the event. In an interview with Alpha News, Erickson said that he was physically assaulted by a group of anti-Trump protesters while he tried to defend a female Trump supporter.

Erickson states that “his phone was stolen from him and another protester sucker punched Matt in the back of the head.” He was later trapped against a building as he was attacked by four protesters.

(Excerpt) Read more at alphanewsmn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: antitrump; assault; attacks; goons; media; mediabias; minneapolis; minnesota; msm; police; protesters; thugs; trump
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Where were the police and the MSM?

If anything half this bad had happened at a Hillary event, those people would have been immediately arrested, taken to jail and it would be front page news everywhere.

Why the double standard?

1 posted on 08/21/2016 6:40:03 PM PDT by Innovative
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To: Innovative

You shouldn’t have to ask.............


2 posted on 08/21/2016 6:43:11 PM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: Innovative

Get use to it. Hillary’s Brownshirts are on the march and Goebbel’s children in the media won’t report it.


3 posted on 08/21/2016 6:44:53 PM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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To: Innovative

MSM would be squawking and soiling their undies 24/7 if this was done Hillary supporters.


4 posted on 08/21/2016 6:44:56 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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To: Innovative

Remember Cory Lewandowski incident?


5 posted on 08/21/2016 6:45:39 PM PDT by Notasoccermom
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To: Innovative

[[Why the double standard? ]]

Leftist are full of double standards.
One for you and another for themselves.


6 posted on 08/21/2016 6:48:09 PM PDT by Lera ( 1 Corinthians 15:1-4)
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To: Innovative

If you’re going to stick your neck out in front of a bunch Nazis you’d best be prepared to engage and beat them into the dirt. And you are dealing with Nazis, make no mistake.


7 posted on 08/21/2016 6:48:49 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Innovative

Have any arrests, of these thugs, been made? (I think I know the answer)


8 posted on 08/21/2016 6:50:35 PM PDT by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: Innovative

If someone had done this to supporters at Bernie or Clinton rallies, it would be front-page news and the enemedia wouldn’t stop talking about it for a week.


9 posted on 08/21/2016 6:50:49 PM PDT by wastedyears (#brexit - Make Britain Great Again)
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To: Lera
Leftist are full of double standards.

If it weren't for their double standards, leftists wouldn't have any standards at all.

10 posted on 08/21/2016 6:51:19 PM PDT by Bob (No, being a US Senator and the Secretary of State are not auccomplishments; they're jobs.)
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To: Innovative
Shoot them.

Repeatedly.

And, reload.

11 posted on 08/21/2016 6:51:45 PM PDT by Thumper1960 (Trump-2016)
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Cops are guilty of dereliction of duty, IMO. Too bad they can’t/won’t be charged or held accountable. Infuriating!


12 posted on 08/21/2016 6:52:24 PM PDT by W. (0bama fatigue syndrome has set in long ago!)
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The (D)ouble standard?

Well, if you think abortion is good, sexual identity is up for grabs, celebrate perversion, Christianity is bad but Islam is misunderstood, white people are racist because of the color of their skin and are brainwashed with the very worst socialististic claptrap to come out of the 18th and 19th centuries then it’s likely you are more concerned that the not-we may make inroads than if the we do bad things.

I swear, the left is often like that one scene from the Life of Brian where Brian tells the assembled crowd that they are all individuals and they respond in lockstep “yes, we are all individuals” (except for Dennis, who says “I’m not” before getting a mass sush down).


13 posted on 08/21/2016 6:52:25 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: wastedyears

Hillary’s agitators forced Bernie off his own stage and the Clintonite media didn’t think it was a big deal.


14 posted on 08/21/2016 6:53:45 PM PDT by fluorescence
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To: Innovative

why the double standard, LOL We all know the Clinton groupies who call themselves the media would never mention any of this, and yet still shout for tolerance.


15 posted on 08/21/2016 6:53:54 PM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: Innovative

Shoot
Them
Dead.

L


16 posted on 08/21/2016 6:55:08 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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There is a pepper spray for bears with a 30 foot range, I believe. Might be worth a try. Aim for the face.


17 posted on 08/21/2016 6:59:17 PM PDT by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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To: lodi90

It’s going to get worse and worse as we near November. Much worse, and especially if Hillary starts losing poll numbers by double digits.
Some whackjob democrat is gonna go off the rails and kill or seriously injure someone.

But, knowing the MSM, they will blame Trump.......guaranteed!...


18 posted on 08/21/2016 7:01:43 PM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: Innovative

Sad no police action on this as Trump has lauded the police at every rally. Gratitude lacking?


19 posted on 08/21/2016 7:08:01 PM PDT by nclaurel
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There are no arrests because that would identify who is causing the trouble. And, without that information, you cannot get to the bottom of who is instigating this activity. Hillary Clinton's goons are paying to get mobs to attack Trump supporters. They are hoping they can trigger a reaction that will be blabbed all over the news to show that the Trump people are the cause--the trigger--of the protesters' violent behavior.

Trump supporter stay cool!

Trump campaign: You need to expose who is behind the violent protesters--now!


20 posted on 08/21/2016 7:09:16 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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