DNC descends into chaos, violence against pro-Palestine activists

  • Post last modified:August 20, 2024
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Yesterday at the Democratic National Convention (DNC), delegates chose violence when peaceful protesters held up a sign which read ‘stop arming Israel‘:

DNC: silencing minority voices

In the video, a man hits a woman wearing a hijab over the head with a stick. Meanwhile, conference officials instructed delegates in front of the banner to stand up, in an attempt to cover it. Another delegate than attempts to pull the banner down several times, eventually succeeding.

The video provided on the Drop Site News website also makes it clear that the delegates were aware of the person filming and were doing everything in their power to prevent them from doing so.

What happened to the right to peaceful protest? This seems to be a coordinated attempt to silence minority voices by both event officials and delegates:

Several minutes later you hear Biden banging on about honesty and dignity. Alright Genocidal Joe, calm down:

Meanwhile, event officials allowed the man who we saw hitting a woman over the head with a stick to remain in the arena:

Lauren Steiner, an activist fighting to protect people and the planet from the greed of billionaires and corporations tweeted: 

Freedom of press

It was also noted that the guy blocking press access in filming the protest was Marcus Dixon, former executive director of the Florida Democratic Party.

Interestingly, he is currently the founder/managing director of Elevation Strategy Group. The company describes itself as experts in “event management & experience curation” – lofty words for organising events like the DNC.

We can only presume he didn’t want the press to see what was going on at the event he helped curate?

People on X were quick to point out that peaceful protesters were in fact not doing any harm:

People have held up signs and banners at previous DNC conventions without too much trouble. What could possibly be the difference this time?

The Democrats could secure this election by simply condemning Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian people. As the Canary reported last week, a recent poll showed that Harris could earn more votes by supporting an arms embargo on Israel, than on opposing it:

If this is how DNC delegates treat peaceful Palestine protesters before even getting elected, its a sure sign of the genocide apologism and violence which is to come.

Feature image via Ryan Grim – Drop Site News/X





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