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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 04:38 PM Apr 2017

"Bikers for Trump" mistake non-white rally-goer for protester and physically force him out of arena



A man who said he went to hear President Donald Trump speak in Pennsylvania last night was shoved around and forced out of the Harrisburg event by a group of men calling themselves “Bikers for Trump”.

Speaking with AOL.com, Neil Makhija said a woman pointed him out as a protester –even though he was just there to watch — and he was immediately surrounded by a group of burly men who forced him up against a wall.

Calling it a “disturbing moment,” Makhija said the altercation began when a woman near him was removed because she was holding up a sign reading, “The sea levels are rising.”

“Then a supporter just pointed at me and said, ‘Hey, take that guy too,’ and they went after me,” Makhija explained.

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/04/bikers-for-trump-mistake-non-white-rally-goer-for-protester-and-physically-force-him-out-of-arena/
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"Bikers for Trump" mistake non-white rally-goer for protester and physically force him out of arena (Original Post) Miles Archer Apr 2017 OP
At least brownshirts were fashionable... NunnesBuznat Apr 2017 #1
Non-white trump supporters are rare Gothmog Apr 2017 #2
Doesn't seem like he was a Trump supporter, just an attendee at a presidential event. Ninsianna Apr 2017 #4
USA! USA! USA! CanonRay Apr 2017 #3

Ninsianna

(1,349 posts)
4. Doesn't seem like he was a Trump supporter, just an attendee at a presidential event.
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 06:34 PM
Apr 2017

That's not exactly uncommon, but if you're brown it's dangerous.

Here is this guy's page from ballotopedia.

https://ballotpedia.org/Neil_Makhija

But he wasn't doing anything that should have gotten him harassed like that, other than being there in a non-Orange and more believable tan.

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