Last week, at a Trump rally in Louisville, Kentucky, a Black woman was assaulted by a violent throng of white supremacist Trump supporters, causing the incident to go viral. Fast forward to last night, and a similar incident took place, with non-violent Black protesters being attacked in the same fashion.

One of the young men–who according to the New York Daily News is named Rakeem Jones–was blindsided with a punch from an older white man, and physically drug out of the rally filled with rowdy and racist bystanders who enthusiastically encouraged Mr. Jones’s assault. In spite of it all, the fact remains that Jones and the other non-violent protesters saw their constitutional rights violated–which is something that suspected white supremacists often complain about whenever they feel like they are denied of the right to freely express themselves.

The level of vitriol and violence at these Donald Trump rallies are escalating at an alarming rate. The safety of innocent Black people at these events is severely jeopardized, and they must be fully informed of the potentially life-risking choices they make when opting to attend these safe havens for white extremism.

Below is the video footage of Rakeem Jones being assaulted by the white man at the Trump rally.

B. Clark

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