Jesse Jackson Confronted by Ferguson Protesters: ‘We Don’t Want You Here’
A web video surfaced Friday of civil rights activist Jesse Jackson being confronted by Ferguson, MO, protesters unhappy with Jackson’s presence in the city.
The video was posted by the conservative website Western Journalism.
“Are you marching today with us, or are you just going to sit in the car?” one of the men confronting Jackson says in the video.
Jackson seems to remain silent in the video, which is recorded in a McDonald’s parking lot.
“When you going to stop selling us out, Jesse?” one of the protesters says. “We don’t want you here in St. Louis! When you gonna stop selling us out, Jesse?”
Ferguson, a suburb of St. Louis, has been in a state of unrest since the killing of 18-year-old black man Michael Brown. On Aug. 9, he was shot dead by Darren Wilson, a white police officer.
Jackson has been in Ferguson leading rallies to call for justice for Brown..
It’s unclear from the video what exactly the protesters are confronting Jackson about, though they do question him on whether he’s going to bail out some other unnamed persons from jail.
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