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Sanders Loyalists Clash With Police, DNC Hosts Mothers of the Movement, Chelsea to Introduce Hillary

by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 07/27/16 1:32 am | updated: 07/27/16 1:32 am

Bernie Sanders loyalists protested inside and outside the Democratic National Convention site and clashed with police on Tuesday after Hillary Clinton won the party's presidential nomination. Moments after Clinton became the first woman to be nominated for president by a major U.S. political party, a large group of Sanders delegates and supporters exited the Philadelphia convention site to hold a sit-in inside a media tent. Some had their mouths taped shut. A few spontaneously sang the chorus of the folk song "This Land is Your Land," and a banner read "we the people." They said they were holding a peaceful protest to complain about being shut out by the Democratic Party.
In the streets outside, Sanders supporters who had spent the day protesting began facing off with police. Protesters began scaling 8-foot walls blocking off the secure zone around the arena parking lot. An officer sprayed one of the protesters. Unmoved by Sanders' plea for party unity, the Bernie or Bust protesters walked miles in the stifling heat again Tuesday to make their case for him. They held a midday rally at City Hall, then made their way down Broad Street to the convention site. By early evening, a large crowd had formed outside the subway station closest to the arena. Earlier in the day, participants at the rally charged that Sanders was cheated out of the nomination, and they said they werenâ€™t swayed by his Monday plea to his supporters to fall in line behind Clinton for the good of the country. The longstanding bitterness between Sanders' supporters and Clinton's seemed to grow worse over the past few days after a trove of hacked emails showed that officials at the Democratic National Committee played favorites during the primaries and worked to undermine Sanders' campaign. In a separate protest, against police brutality and racial injustice, about 500 people marched down Broad Street to City Hall. Protest leader Erica Mines told the crowd it was an "anti-police rally" and a "black and brown resistance march" and instructed all white people to move to the back.

Several mothers took the stage at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night. The mothers that graced the stage were a part of Mothers of the Movement, a group of black women impacted by the loss of their sons, which have prompted serious conversations about the relationship between black people and law enforcement in America.
Among the mothers who spoke was Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin who died in 2012.
Fulton went on to support Hillary Clinton, saying that she possesses the passion to support grieving mothers and support common sense gun legislation.

Chelsea Clinton will introduce her mother ahead of her Thursday night nomination acceptance speech with remarks she has been writing â€œfor a couple weeks.
It will come a week after her friend, Ivanka Trump, introduced her father at the Republican National Convention to much fanfare.
To prepare, Clinton wrote the speech out weeks ago and has worked to perfect it over the last few weeks. She has also prepared by reading the remarks to her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, Gudmunson said.
People close to Clinton expect her to reflect on being raised in the public eye and the values her mother imparted on her from an early age. Much like former President Bill Clintonâ€™s speech on Tuesday night, Chelsea Clintonâ€™s remarks will look to bolster trust and tout Hillary Clintonâ€™s character.

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