Whoa. Things got a little heated at Donald Trump’s rally tonight in New Orleans, Louisiana. NBC’s Katy Tur reports:
A group of African American BLM protestors w their hands up standing their ground for ~10 mins. The crowd is getting vicious.
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) March 5, 2016
Protestors now interrupting nearly every event. I'm told Trump team has added extra security for the crowd to throw out protestors.
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) March 5, 2016
"This is a wild evening" Trump says as another protestor is thrown out.
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) March 5, 2016
Trump has brought in his old security team to deal with protesters:
Trump camp brought back the candidate's old security team (pre ss) to deal with the increasingly rowdy crowds.
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) March 5, 2016
That was a tense rally. Scary at points.
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) March 5, 2016
And she’s not sure if the protester here is a “friend or foe” of Trump:
"Friend or foe?" Trump yells as this guy starts to yell. (I don't think Trump cld see the sign) pic.twitter.com/Tu3ooKEjHk
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) March 5, 2016
Videos of some of the altercations:
First group of disrupters just got ejected. #trump in #Nola pic.twitter.com/yr9vVOxe9I
— Nick Tacco Stracco (@StrickNacco) March 5, 2016
Recommended
BLM vs Security vs Crowd. pic.twitter.com/7TypjLjnO1
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) March 5, 2016
Tonight was the most intense rally I've witnessed so far on the trail. This is just a clip: pic.twitter.com/SKE5TOQqz9
— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) March 5, 2016
One of the most intense protests I've witnessed at a @realDonaldTrump event. Here's a snippet: pic.twitter.com/3LUEUEH0Es
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) March 5, 2016
https://twitter.com/AmyKNelson/status/705918794330296321
https://twitter.com/AmyKNelson/status/705921114602491904
Outside of the event is a little bit calmer:
https://twitter.com/AmyKNelson/status/705897754782859264
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