Life, Race and Politics After The Bernie Sanders Interruption

by Marcus Harrison Green and James Trimarco

The only time Marissa Janae Johnson ever doubted the interruption heard ’round the world came not long after she left a crowd of irate and disappointed Bernie Sanders supporters in a fury at downtown’s Westlake Park.

She was walking from the stage when she received a text from Deray McKesson, a leading figure in the Black Lives Matter movement. It read: “This was a bad look. I can fix it . . . ”

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