Olympic Torch-Bearer Raises Tibetan flag

The Olympic torch hurriedly passed through San Francisco in the U.S. As it took a major detour to avoid thousands of protesters, one of the torch bearers whipped out a Tibetan flag from her sleeve.

The torch-bearer's name is Majora Carter. While the Olympic torch was passed to her, she took out a small pro-Tibet flag hidden in her sleeve. Chinese police and guards pulled her out of the run immediately, pushed her on the side of the road and took her flag.

Majora Carter says she feels terrible that her freedom of speech rights were seriously violated as an American citizen. But what she is most concerned about is Tibet and human rights issues in China.

[Majora Carter, Olympic Torch Bearer]:
"The problem is, if we were in Tibet or China today, I may have been killed or murdered for that. At less I was just pushed into the crowd here. I didn't experience being killed which makes me think how much we need to do to help those people who are suppressed in their own country."

Majora is from New York City and is an environmental protection advocate. The sponsors of Olympic Games invited her to be a torch-bearer. After that she took a close look into the situation in Tibet before she decided to bear the torch.

[Majora Carter, Olympic Torch Bearer]:
"After I found out that human rights persecution is happening in Tibet, I can't help but to hold up the flag for them as an American citizen devoted for freedom."

NTD, San Francisco, America.

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[RightsOfManTimor]

Chinese people are so racist and it shows. I used to respect the Chinese. Now I realize their mindset is like that of American Southerner 50 years ago. Tibet will be free because the spirit of the Tibetan people will never die.

[EJWarriors]

yeah! follow all the rules a like an obedient chinese person who has never known free speech and is frightened of their own government. hooray for rules made by people who don't have to live by them.

[594692969]

Speculation

[RPM1978]

Free Tibet, the Communists of China need to disband.

[CostlyChris]

@ulleule I feel pretty free myself but I will cede that CNN doesn't paint the best picture of China. Why are you so hateful anyway?

[ulleule]

STUPID NIGGER BRAINWASHED BY CNN.. some1 shoulda have killed her ... FREEDOM OF SPEACH??? maybe u should use ur freedom of speach to PROTEST AGAINST RASICISME in america... U think black people are free in america??? open ur eyes..

[reddragonguy65]

Dali Lamma was a terrorist,killing tibetan crinminals was justified!

[johnnyzucc]

fuck u

[hisphoninesss]

Down with this serf owner hypocrite monk of Old TIBET and his elitist millionare family and the damn aristocrats who are still ruling these poor uneducated ignoratn brainwashed tibetans in india. Down with theocratic autocratic rule of Dalie Lama and his elitist family.

[tsongi]

Thank you for standing up for Tibet.

For the millions of Tibetans murdered by the Chinese, the Chinese leaders should be executed just like the Nazi leaders were.

[kensei85]

down with chinas CRIMINAL totalitarian ruling regime!

[orion588581]

Thank you so much for sticking up for your fellow human brothers and sisters