They say black voters must cut their Clinton loyalties if they want solutions to systemic racism.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) may be losing out to Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton with minority voters, but three Ferguson activists he invited to speak at an Illinois rally Friday say they’re definitely “feeling the Bern.”
Bruce Franks, the founder of 28 to Life, an organization that focuses on youth empowerment and police relations with communities, talked about losing his brother to gun violence at the packed rally inside Southern Illinois University Edwardsville basketball stadium.
“In 1991, my brother, Christopher Harris, was 9 years old when he was killed. He was used as a human shield,“ said the 31-year-old, before announcing his run for Missouri state representative of the 79th district.
“Senator Sanders knows that the root cause of violence is lack of jobs, education, and resources.”
Franks told The Huffington Post that he wanted to run as state representative because he recognized the need for changes from the legislature.
“We’ve been out here in the fight since day one,” said the Riverfront Times Best Activist of 2015, gesturing to his fellow activists. "I’ll continue to fight. I’ll continue to be an activist, but I figured the next road for solution was changing things from the inside.“
Cori Bush, another activist-turned politician, spoke at the rally about being tear-gassed in Ferguson and the importance of standing against social injustice.
“For some reason, my brown lips and my dark skin says that I must make less money than my counterparts and I don’t understand that,” said the single mother, ordained pastor and nurse, who is running as a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate.
She wants to “eradicate the school-to-prison pipeline” and said that her platform echoes much of Sanders’.
All three of us were Ferguson activists. That said a lot more to me because it’s the new civil rights movement
Black Lives Matter activists have interrupted several presidential candidate campaign events, including one for Sanders, and a protester interrupted Clinton during a private fundraising party last week.
“Can I talk and maybe you can listen,” Clinton said to her, before the activist was escorted out.
By contrast, the activists who spoke at Sanders’ rally on Friday were well-received.
The final results are in from Nevada and it looks like we’re going to leave another state with roughly the same number of delegates as Hillary Clinton, maybe down just a few.
I want to be completely clear with you about what this result means: Nevada was supposed to be a state “tailor made” for the Clinton campaign, and a place she once led by almost 40 points. But today, we sent a message that will stun the political and financial establishment of this country: our campaign can win anywhere.
There are 26 primaries and caucuses in the next month, and three straight positive results for our campaign are sure to prompt an over-the-top response from the millionaires and billionaires who are funding our opponent and her many super PACs.
We have to be prepared for their best shot, because it’s coming:
Make another $5 contribution to our campaign tonight and we are going to win this Democratic primary, the White House, and take our country back from the billionaire class.
We’re closing the gap dramatically in states that have yet to vote, and there’s a path to victory for our political revolution. If we continue to stand together, we’ll continue to win.
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