Among the many eyebrow-raising clips aired on major news networks yesterday... was one of a women being half-escorted, half-dragged from the building. ... the woman was provoked. She and a few other women had brought posters to the town hall, but they rolled them up after being booed and berated by the crowd. When the woman unrolled one to show to a journalist, an angry man in the crowd rushed over and tore it up. A poster of what, you ask? Rosa Parks.

The crowd booed pictures of Rosa Parks.

White people booing Rosa Parks and then ripping up her poster in public. These rightwing Republicans are racists, and they're crazy. That's just a fact at this point.

Update [2009-8-12 15:54:55 by liberal shopper]: Also, go see princss6's diary on this topic. They beat me to it but used a much more subtle headline that I didn't catch.

Update [2009-8-12 16:5:58 by liberal shopper]: Wow, Rec'd. Now you MUST go over and give princss6 mucho headbutts and skritches. Here is a link to a pootie because princss6 deserves some recognition.

Update [2009-8-12 16:20:4 by liberal shopper]: Check out this link from TPM for more info (the man was arrested for assault, the woman was escorted out) and also details of what the sign said: "First Lady of Civil Rights."

Update [2009-8-12 17:33:44 by liberal shopper]: Interview with the African American woman, Maxine Johnson. Thanks duckhunter.