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| Black Grassroots Activists Protest Obama Fundraiser, City Hall, ABC News in Chicago |
| 2012-11-04 |
| Thursday evening in Chicago, black grassroots activists fed up with manipulation of their suffering by city leadership turned out to protest a fundraiser for President Obama held by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Illinois Speaker of the General Assembly Michael Madigan. According to the protesters, Emanuel, Madigan, and Obama pretend to try to help their community but do nothing to curb the funneling of money and contracts to corrupt community organizations and union-controlled worksites that won't hire black labor. The protest began in the lobby of the building where the fundraiser took place and proceeded with a march past City Hall, ending up in front of the ABC 7 News studio on State Street. According to Mark Carter of the Broke Party, a newly formed group of black grassroots activists fed up with the destruction and blight brought on their community by the liberal agenda, the protest was "about bringing attention to the demolition of homes in Chicago's black communities on the west and south sides." These buildings, Carter says, "can still be saved, but the city is tearing them down," leaving property values and the community in the gutter. |
| Posted by:Au Auric |