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On Sunday several Democratic presidential candidates participated in the “Bloody Sunday” March across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.
The March commemorates the 1965 civil rights demonstration where thousands of demonstrators were beaten by state police as they attempted to march from Selma to Montgomery to demand the right to vote for black people.
Some Democratic candidates also used the opportunity to visit churches in the area to attract black voters.
Several members of Brown Chapel AME church in Selma let former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg know he was not welcome.
When the pastor Reverend Leodis Strong introduced him, he said Bloomberg originally turned down the invitation but Bloomberg changed his mind.
The pastor said he wanted Bloomberg to come so churchgoers could express their views to him.
And oh boy they did!
Bloomberg spoke about his Greenwood initiative which is his program to address systemic bias and racial barriers to wealth.
In response about nine people stood up and turned their backs on Bloomberg while he was speaking.
Some critics dislike Bloomberg’s past treatment of minorities through programs like “stop and frisk.”
They say he’s just changing his talking points now to try to get elected.
Posted – 3.2.20