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The Woman Who Led the #BlackLivesMatter Protest

The Woman Who Led the #BlackLivesMatter Protest Against Sanders and O'Malley in Phoenix
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Today, we are joined by the leader of #BlackLivesMatter protesters. Also, hate crimes charges filed against the Charleston AME Church shooter; Hillary Clinton may be in trouble against Republicans in three key swing states; and why it's a problem when candidates, like Hillary, get so much of their campaign money from only the wealthy...

Over the weekend, #BlackLivesMatter protesters disrupted a political forum featuring Democratic Presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley at the progressive Netroots Nation conference in Phoenix, AZ.

The leader of that lively and lengthy (and, apparently, controversial) protest, Tia Oso, National Coordinator of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) joins us on today's BradCast to explain why she did it and to discuss the reactions from O'Malley, Sanders and the progressives who support them.

"We talk a lot. There are a lot of town halls. We have NAACP and Urban League at the national level having these conversations all the time. Reports are issued. And the fact that it takes almost a spectacle of black suffering for people to even have their hearts moved is heartbreaking to me," Oso tells me.

Also on today's program: Hate crimes charges filed against the Charleston AME Church shooter (though not terrorism charges); Hillary Clinton may be in trouble against Republicans in three key swing states; the Pope's popularity is faltering in the U.S. (largely among Rightwingers, for some reason); and why it's a problem when candidates, like Hillary, get so much of their campaign money from the wealthy donor class…

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