Students removed from Trump rally in Georgia
Source: USA Today
The sight of the students, who were visibly upset, being led outside by law enforcement officials created a stir at a university that was a whites-only campus until 1963.
We didnt plan to do anything, said a tearful Tahjila Davis, a 19-year-old mass media major, who was among the Valdosta State University students who was removed. They said, 'This is Trumps property; its a private event.' But I paid my tuition to be here.
Trump has been regularly heckled by protesters at his campaign rallies, but tensions have increased after he came under fire on Sunday for not immediately condemning support from a prominent white supremacist.
Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/02/29/donald-trump-georgia-rally-valdosta/81129964/?siteID=je6NUbpObpQ-x4BiDmaQxdPpy65d4FN_pA
I didn't think Trump could have made the KKK story worse, but he's done it.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)The knuckledraggers will lap it up like kittens at a bowl of milk.
hibbing
(10,098 posts)Maybe a bit more. I do find it fascinating watching the corporate media whores speculating on his popularity, they are sooooooooo scared to face the reality that a good percentage of Americans are racist and that is the appeal. They will say all other kinds of reasons, oh they are angry at Washington blah blah blah.
Peace
LannyDeVaney
(1,033 posts)(they were wearing Alabama A&M shirts, I can't guarantee they were students) were escorted out of his Alabama speech. They were all raising a single closed fist in the air.
I know a media person at the event and they said folks were screaming "Go clean the bathrooms!" as the protesters were escorted out.
Note: They were escorted out by Madison PD, not Secret Service. Of course, the Madison PD has been in the news for body slamming the visiting elderly Indian grandfather who didn't speak English.
Person 2713
(3,263 posts)houston16revival
(953 posts)If there was any doubt as to his intentions, this ended it
liberalhistorian
(20,818 posts)doing shit like this? Seriously?
Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)"they are just following orders."
cstanleytech
(26,293 posts)Thats their job.
getagrip_already
(14,764 posts)Why are they acting like trumps personal bouncers. They are there to protect him, not be a bunch of jackbooted thugs.
Protect yes, take orders, no.
liberalhistorian
(20,818 posts)not to evict minority students doing nothing except "standing while black." Mussolini would be proud.
cstanleytech
(26,293 posts)or atleast the majority of SCOTUS appear to believe they do
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/10/12/scotus.free.speech/
That could change in time but that would probably require a major change in the courts makeup which would probably also require a major change in the Senates makeup which I dont see happening any time soon.
getagrip_already
(14,764 posts)It doesn't mean "do what you are told". My read of it is that you do what is called for, given the circumstances, to accomplish a goal.
The goal shouldn't be to do whatever it is you are asked to do. They should use their discretion and refuse some tasks......
cstanleytech
(26,293 posts)scenarios they must prepare for and thats why they are given such discretion but thankfully we have a choice not to attend such events where they will be.
getagrip_already
(14,764 posts)just misusing it.
If they have a choice, they should choose the option which doesn't infringe on someones rights (as long as it doesn't put their pet at risk).
Depaysement
(1,835 posts)Next up? Daddy's Nazis. Coming soon.
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)saturnsring
(1,832 posts)Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)So it's okay to remove protesters exercising their first amendment rights if you're a Democrat, but wrong if you're a Republican.
And I see it both wrong.
saturnsring
(1,832 posts)Hillary to win it's a big deal (because when people get desperate they'll throw the kitchen sink at whomever just like Hillary did when she was losing to barack Obama) and those who want Hillary to win wont
Igel
(35,317 posts)One was based on actions. They took a sign and repurposed it away from the rally's message to another group's message.
The other was based on suspicions. The students did nothing but stand--perhaps to call attention to themselves, but if ignored that may have been the extent of it. Or perhaps not.
The usual denials and attempt at any cost to say "I'm innocent" would probably have followed. In the HRC case, they blamed HRC--if they hadn't been given the sign, they wouldn't have written on it, so it's not really their fault. Yes, really, they were that lame, but that's what one said. And apparently thought it was a good excuse.
In this, although it's a hired venue (and therefore private) the girl paid her tuition and had a right to be there. (Heck, a lot of guys paid their tuition, too, but she wouldn't have taken that as justification for them being in her dorm room or the women's bathroom when she wanted them out).
saturnsring
(1,832 posts)like you said if i paid tuition should i expect to be able to sit in the shower/locker rooms anytime I wanted. now of course i'll get the "that's not the same thing " retorts. I guess to one group it will a ridiculous analogy but to another it wont.
keithbvadu2
(36,823 posts)Huckabee would support you on that one.
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Can we t the very least stop these straw debates?
What happened here in this OP (and the linl provided has NOTHING to do with our party or with Hillary clinton.
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keithbvadu2
(36,823 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)Just when I think my respect for the USSS could get lower...
liberalhistorian
(20,818 posts)A Gestapo--uh, Secret Service--agent just choked and bodyslammed a journalist, a Time photographer no less, at a Trump rally in Virginia. When you look at the video, it's like you're looking directly at a Mussolini Brown Shirt. And this is a fucking Secret Service agent! They really are his goon squad now. Yet, these are the same people who cannot keep crazies from jumping the White House fence and getting inside, carrying a knife.
Lazy Daisy
(928 posts)Trump has made it very clear he is inciting the worse of the worse in our country. Every closet bigot is now showing their ugly face thinking it's OK to come out of the shadows. It's our job to make sure he doesn't get to The White House.
joshdawg
(2,648 posts)and removed chump instead............in handcuffs.
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)They are federal officers. They serve the public. Their job is to protect the candidate, not act as his goon squad, protect him from hecklers, etc. Let him hire his own goons. The taxpayers should not have to pay for his thug squad.