‘Hell You Talmbout!’ #BlackLivesMatter Protesters Shout Down Hillary at Campaign Event
#BlackLivesMatter protesters drowned out Hillary Clinton at her “African-Americans for Hillary” campaign event in Atlanta this afternoon.
They started chanting things like “Black Lives Matter!” while others in the crowd tried to drown them out by chanting “Hillary!”
Below you can see tweets reporting on how things unfolded, including video:
Black Lives Matter protesters interrupt Hillary, who says, "Yes, Black Lives do matter!" to loud cheers.
— Sabrina Siddiqui (@SabrinaSiddiqui) October 30, 2015
As Black Lives Matter activists sing over Clinton, crowd starts chanting "Hillary! Hillary!" over them.
— Sabrina Siddiqui (@SabrinaSiddiqui) October 30, 2015
Protesters disrupt Hillary Clinton speech in Atlanta, chanting "Black Lives Matter." #gapol pic.twitter.com/wijf6CjIK8
— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) October 30, 2015
Hillary Clinton is plowing through her speech over growing chants of Black Lives Matter that are drowning her out
— Annie Karni (@anniekarni) October 30, 2015
Here is what Hillary Clinton said in response to the #BlackLivesMatter protesters. pic.twitter.com/CvQSQtJtfl
— Dan Merica (@danmericaCNN) October 30, 2015
Protesters have interrupted Clinton's speech chanting Black Lives Matter and "The hell you talmbout?"
— Darren Sands (@darrensands) October 30, 2015
chanting "Black Lives Matter" during Hillary Clinton's "African Americans for Hillary" campaign speech pic.twitter.com/K3kNgTekSW
— kariॐ (@TH3RVDIKKKAL) October 30, 2015
Crowd chants for Hillary and John Lewis and Kasim Reed join her on stage. Surreal scene at Clark Atlanta. pic.twitter.com/1pODf0gSb8
— Darren Sands (@darrensands) October 30, 2015
And in case you’re wondering what “Hell You Talmbout” is, it’s a protest song recorded earlier this year by singer Janelle Monáe.
Back in August, Clinton met with #BlackLivesMatter activists to address the issues they’re trying to bring to the candidates’ attention. During her speech today Clinton spoke a lot about racism, profiling, and other minority concerns.
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