“Black Lives Matter” disrupted Hillary Clinton’s speech to the American Federation of Teachers and instead of engaging them, she ignored their complaints.
Clinton was speaking to the convention in Minneapolis when a contingent held a banner, shouted “hands up, don’t shoot,” and attempted to make their way towards the stage.
A group chanting “Hands up, Don’t Shoot” has interrupted @HillaryClinton speech at AFT pic.twitter.com/duvnQyvAmb
— erica orden (@eorden) July 18, 2016
The closer they got to the stage, the more the large audience roared.
Courtney Godfrey of Fox 9 tweeted a better photo of the group, which was holding a banner that appeared to read, “Don’t Vote, Revolt.”
Protesters march to stage chanting "hands up, don't shoot" when Hillary Clinton starts taking about #PhilandoCastile pic.twitter.com/yTJQ7XJRKi
— Courtney Godfrey (@courtneygodfrey) July 18, 2016
Instead of listening to them — as Bill Clinton has done on the campaign trail — Hillary had them thrown out.
“Democrats, Republicans, all the same,” they chanted as they were booted out, according to Erica Orden of the Wall Street Journal.
Another video shows the protesters getting kicked out of the building.
While talking about #PhilandoCastile, Hillary Clinton was interrupted by protesters. They were escorted out. pic.twitter.com/6bLkhGgNIb
— Monica Alba (@albamonica) July 19, 2016
They also chanted “Racist terrorism is the name of the game.”
The event was not open to the public. Only credentialed members of the teachers union were allowed to attend.
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