VIDEO: AFRICAN AMERICAN POLICE OFFICER TALKS ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE AT DONALD TRUMP'S RALLY IN TUCSON, ARIZONA
Police Officer shares his experience at Trump rally
Police Officer Brandon Tatum Talks About His Experience At the Donald Trump Rally in Tucson (VIDEO)
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Tucson police officer Brandon Tatum attended Saturday’s Donald Trump rally in Tucson on Saturday as a curious civilian.
What he witnessed shocked his conscience so much he recorded a video to describe his experience as a Black man at a Trump rally. Tatum described violent protesters tackling Trump supporters, getting in Trump supporter’s faces, loudly yelling ‘Black lives matter!’ and swearing such that parents had to shield their children from the protesters. He also said the Trump supporters were not racist toward him as an African-American man, contrary to media portrayals of Trump rallies.
Tatum posted the 10:29 video to Facebook Saturday night. The video has over 70,000 views as of Sunday afternoon.
Tatum stated he attended the rally out of curiosity to learn for himself what was happening at Trump rallies.
Tatum said that he and others attending the rally were hustled into the arena as they approached the doors because:
The anti-Trump protesters were “…verbally violent at the door, yelling ‘EFF Donald Trump’. I mean being outrageous. Um, a very very uncomfortable feeling. I mean people were directly yelling at me as if I’m a criminal. And all I’m trying to do is hear what the man has to say. I didn’t wear anything supporting Donald Trump. I was very neutral with this black shirt and khakis on.
“I got inside it was peaceful, initially. The shocking thing is that everybody seemed to be peaceful. There wasn’t a lot of hatred and maliciousness going on and lashing out at the protesters. Initially there was nothing like that and I didn’t get that impression at all. When, but the thing, the thing that stood out to me was the protesters–from the door and then some of them snuck in…”
Video by KVOA’s Domenica Fuller shows anti-Trump protesters screaming in close quarters at rally attendees as they enter the arena separated by a line of police. The man wearing the American flag shirt who was later beaten inside the rally can be seen harassing Trump supporters.
Tatum says the Trump supporters did not act racist at all toward him. He blended in the crowd and for awhile was quite comfortable.
What shocked and scared Tatum–even as an experienced police officer–was the ‘evil’ behavior of the hundreds of Trump protesters inside and outside the arena.
“During the event, I mean these people were acting a fool. I’m talking about cussing and screaming. You guy’s seen some pictures. There was somebody wearing a Ku Klux Klan hat, saying ‘Eff Donald Trump,’ flipping people off. The group that I posted were yelling ‘Eff Donald Trump!” in front of these kids. They had families down there, I seen this one lady covering her daughter’s ears. Because the people were just outlandish and out of control.
Tatum said of the protesters:
“These people are the most hateful, evil people I’ve ever seen. I could not believe what I saw.”
Tatum said that even as an experienced police officer he was afraid at times and was fearful that the protesters would sucker-punch him.
Tatum praised the restraint of Trump supporters in the face of the outrageously provocative behavior of the protesters.
He said he only saw two incidences of violent acts by Trump supporters. One was the white man carrying a Trump-Confederate flag sign who was screaming at Trump supporters as he was being escorted out who was pummeled by a Black man. (Tatum speculated the man did a provocative act of spitting or saying something, but video is inconclusive.)........
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Tucson Police Officer Brandon Tatum talks about his experience at Saturday's Trump rally in Tucson, AZ (3/19/2016).
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