Man Captured on Film Being Arrested in a 1963 Protest is Bernie Sanders, His Campaign Says
Source: New York Times
"In recent days, Hillary Clintons campaign has questioned Senator Bernie Sanderss commitment to civil rights, trying to cement her support among black voters who could be crucial in upcoming primaries such as South Carolinas.
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On Monday, a film company, Kartemquin Films, uploaded footage of a young man, wearing thick glasses, surrounded by police officers who grabbed him by his arms and carried him away.
The man looked like it could be Mr. Sanders, so the company asked the public and Mr. Sanders to help confirm whether it was. On Friday, Michael Briggs, a spokesman for Mr. Sanderss campaign, and Tad Devine, a senior adviser to the campaign, said Mr. Sanders had said it was him...
Mr. Sanders, then a 21-year-old student at the University of Chicago, was arrested on Aug. 12, 1963, while protesting segregation in Englewood, where Chicago Public Schools was planning to build a school. The video was shot by Jerry Temaner, one of the co-founders of Kartemquin Films. Mr. Sanders was charged with resisting arrest."
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/02/20/man-captured-on-film-being-arrested-in-a-1963-protest-is-bernie-sanders-his-campaign-says/
Another fail, Hillary.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)He was active in several activities over the years, with different uprisings.
KG
(28,752 posts)(i try to avoid the kindergarten level of discourse that is GD-P)
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)MisterP
(23,730 posts)also for whenever they purge their own OPs--once I remember one votary got outed as repeatedly attacking DU in a way that a mere accusation got a lefty banned: she followed all the links and self-baleeted every one of them
there were like TEN posts
corkhead
(6,119 posts)I suppose now he is disqualified to be President because of his criminal record.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,020 posts)arrest, likely from holding on to the police van doors as he's stuffed inside. (And who hasn't done that!) The film shows that in the distant background.
In the 60's if you weren't arrested at some protest or other, you were either lucky...or a Republican.
greymouse
(872 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,020 posts)matter. Nasty stuff.
When they did mass arrests, they sometimes used yellow school buses. One time we realized there was only the driver, no policeman, and we asked him to stop and let us out.
Ah, good time good times.
Welcome to DU, by the way, greymouse!
turbinetree
(24,710 posts)and to top it all off billy clubs
Honk------------------for a political revolution Bernie 2016
GliderGuider
(21,088 posts)Ahh, the memories!
bobthedrummer
(26,083 posts)madokie
(51,076 posts)accidentally of course, but I warned her early on in our relationship that I'm a little bit anal
Not to take from our next president. He's a man of integrity and I'll stay with him until he's finished serving his 8 years.
Dustlawyer
(10,497 posts)this kind of stuff normally) and asking Bernie about it and his work for civil rights!
madokie
(51,076 posts)how that was front and center on the m$n news. Turned out it was all bullshit
Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)Lunabell
(6,105 posts)Bernie has always been on the correct side of history.
Uncle Joe
(58,389 posts)Thanks for the thread, greymouse.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)OhZone
(3,212 posts)Just kidding.
But the GOP won't be.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)I'll be happy to take the "criminal" and be proud about it!
AND much better than, "I didn't inhale"! (Remember that bull?)
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)given Bush and Cheney's arrest records.
OhZone
(3,212 posts)Haven't you been following politics?
It's Oh-k when a Republican does it, but Dems are to be excoriated! The corporate media will tear him to shreds.
DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)Yeah he was arrested by the corrupt cops in a corrupt city because he was fighting for poor people's rights. Bring it, Republican dogshit. Bring everything you've got.
thesquanderer
(11,990 posts)Sorry, Hillary, there is video.
Little Tich
(6,171 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)razorman
(1,644 posts)African-American support from Hillary to Bernie.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)Eric J in MN
(35,619 posts)NT
thereismore
(13,326 posts)GOLGO 13
(1,681 posts)Taking a beating from the cops for protesting against segregation is instant "street cred". That wild man has always had BALLS his whole life.
"Resisting Arrest" for a cause is bad-ass. Respect.
On the Road
(20,783 posts)will this photo play in Peoria in the general election?
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bobthedrummer
(26,083 posts)greymouse
(872 posts)I know darn well Jimmy Carter's mother was in a peace demonstration when she was elderly, but I can't find a link.