Black Caucus Members Eject Protesters From Fund Raiser Call Themselves Gangsters

 “Black Caucus, Black Caucus 
 They don’t really care 
 Black Caucus, Black Caucus 
 Always backs the mayor 
 Black Caucus, Black Caucus 
 They don’t vote with us 
 Black Caucus, Black Caucus 
 Now your time is up! 
 Now your time is up! 
 Now your time is up!”

 “If anybody else wanna protest you better take it outside,” Austin said, laughing. “‘Cause I guarantee you ain’t seen no gangsters like this city’s aldermen.” 

#NoCopAcademyJustice for #SnoopJustice for #TyrellJustice for #MauriceGrantonJr Justice for #RonnieMan#BlackLivesMatter #BlackCaucusShutDown They called themselves “Gangsters” yup your Black caucus!.@AssataDaughters .@NoCopAcademy pic.twitter.com/6gCMFycUHu

— Kofi Ademola (@KofiAdemola) July 26, 2018

Sims, a 21-year-old from Washington Park, said he wanted to interrupt the gathering of aldermen because “they were talking about stuff that didn’t relate to us, our people, our community.” Sims remained at the protest, chanting, and helping with the die-in outside after being ejected. Watching the video of Austin and Cochran’s comments later, he said he was hurt. For the aldermen to call themselves gangsters seemed particularly crude to him given the violence in the city. He says it was a reminder that young people need to be registered to vote and to be self-reliant: “Use your head, think, ’cause we all we got.”