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February 20, 2016

Man Captured on Film Being Arrested in a 1963 Protest is Bernie Sanders, His Campaign Says

Source: New York Times

"In recent days, Hillary Clinton’s campaign has questioned Senator Bernie Sanders’s commitment to civil rights, trying to cement her support among black voters who could be crucial in upcoming primaries such as South Carolina’s.

...

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. Sanders’s 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.

February 17, 2016

removable bumper stickers

Does anyone know where I can buy a Bernie bumper sticker that I can eventually just peel off? I still have remnants of my Howard Dean bumper sticker on the bumper. I don't want it to be a life's work to remove it after the election. This is not a comment on the results, as I hope Bernie wins, I just don't want my car looking grubby for years.

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