My theory on why BLM protested Sanders again and not O'Malley or Hillary

Here's my theory as to why Sanders is seeing more attention from #BLM than O'Malley or Hillary:

1. Hillary has almost no public events that aren’t pre-screened in some way. And she has secret service protection so no one is getting on that stage.

2. O'Malley's events are small and generate almost no press so it isn't worth the time to protest him directly unlike Sanders who has the largest events of any candidate this cycle so far.

3. The differences in approaches between Sanders and O’Malley post-Netroots protest:

O’Malley was forced to leave the stage b/c DNC debate rules forbids having 2 candidates on a stage together at an event. O’Malley immediately did interviews w/Goldie Taylor and TWiB where he apologized for saying “All Lives Matter”, talking about Baltimore, #BLM and reforms needed. He also spoke w/ activists at NN and was still talking to them at 11 pm that night. Since then, O’Malley has met with more activists, attended a meeting with 20/20 (an AA organization) & HBCU in South Carolina. He spent today being interviewed by National Association of Black Journalists at their convention. He was the only candidate who agreed to attend their event. He addressed Urban League and previewed his criminal justice reform platform that he had been working on w/input from minority/CJ interest groups with an interview with Ebony magazine. People were gobsmacked by how progressive and detailed his platform was. #BLM, DREAM Coalition, etc. all were praising it for being so impressive.

Sanders, on the other hand, got defensive during the NN event. He cancelled events post-protest at NN. Didn’t meet with BLM and other activists and continued on his normal schedule while adding language to his stump speeches about BLM and criminal justice. I believe he addressed the Urban League as well.

Now, it is much easier for O’Malley to spend time meeting with HBCUs, 20/20 and NABJ because he is still struggling to get above 5% in any poll. There is a huge demand for Sanders’ rallies and events so he has less free time. However, O’Malley has clearly made this a priority for him and has dedicated his time and resources to it the same way he has with Latino/immigration issues. No other candidate is doing more than him in reaching out to these groups and talking about their issues.

4. The differences between a vocal minority of Sanders and O'Malley supporters' reactions to #BLM online. Part of this is due to O'Malley having 5 supporters online, but his supporters and his campaign didn't get defensive or lash out at #BLM for the protests. They listened and have talked about the issues. Sanders has some real issues with some of his supporters. They have been ugly to #BLM activists and other AA twitter users. Telling them Sanders has done more for blacks than they have, etc. They are making things a million times worse for their candidate, which is too bad because I think Sanders deserves better.