At least four people rush stage during Sanders' rally in California

Housecarl

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Politics | Tue May 31, 2016 12:27am EDT
Related: Election 2016, Politics

At least four people rush stage during Sanders' rally in California

By Brendan O'Brien

At least four people on Monday rushed the stage as presidential candidate Bernie Sanders spoke at a rally in Oakland, where Secret Service agents swarmed around him and detain the protesters, CNN reported.

The people were quickly led away by several agents before they were able to reach the Democrat, whose speech was briefly interrupted by the disturbance, a video posted by CNN showed.

A Secret Service agent rushed to Sanders side, grabbed him and wrapped his arms around the presidential candidate during the ruckus.

"We don't get intimated easily," said Sanders, who seemed unfazed by the situation, as he resumed his speech.

It is unclear how many people were detained and why they were protesting. At least four were seen on the CNN video being led away by agents, who lifted one man up by his feet and carried him away.

Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont, is running far behind Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic nomination for the Nov. 8 presidential election.

In March, a man stormed the stage as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump spoke in Vandalia, Ohio before he was met by several agents.


(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; Editing by Michael Perry)
 

Housecarl

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They were either black live matter people or hillary supporters. Even if they were for sanders :screw: ;)

Nope not even them this time.....Can only happen this close to Berkeley....

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Security blocks protesters from rushing stage at Sanders rally

William Cummings, USA TODAY 2:46 a.m. EDT May 31, 2016

Animal rights activists made it past the barricades and attempted to rush the stage before being stopped by security at a Bernie Sanders rally in Oakland, Calif. on Monday.

Sanders was addressing his supporters at the Frank Ogawa Plaza when the activists attempted to make it to the podium. Video of the incident shows a member of Sanders' security team move between him and the protesters, who were stopped well short of the stage.

Security personnel then handcuffed and led away at least four protesters — one of them hauled off by the arms and legs — as the crowd chanted "Bernie!"

Within moments, Sanders was back at the mic.

"We don't get intimidated easily," he said.

"It was handled professionally by the Secret Service," Sanders' spokesman Michael Briggs told CNN.

The Vermont senator has been making several campaign stops in California as he continues his uphill battle to win enough delegates to wrest the Democratic presidential nomination from the front-runner, Hillary Clinton.

A similar incident occurred in March when a man attempted to rush the stage at a Donald Trump rally in Ohio.

A Sanders rally was shut down when Black Lives Matter protesters took control of the microphone in Seattle last August. The incident took place before the candidate was provided with Secret Service protection.


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Illini Warrior

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the SS is going to have a hell of a time claiming all the BLM rioters are "animal activists" this summer at the GOP & DNC conventions ....

nobody is fooling anyone here ....
 

Dozdoats

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Black Lives Matter = animal activists?

I have no problem with that definition, especially in the wake of their adoption of Harambe as a cause.
 
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