Delegates Take Center Stage At DNC Protest, Comcast Targeted With Sit-In
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PHILADELPHIA (CBSMiami/AP) — Delegates are taking center stage at a rally organized by Bernie Sanders supporters on the fourth day of demonstrations against the Democratic National Convention.
Half a dozen Sanders delegates spoke Wednesday to about 300 demonstrators gathered at a park near Philadelphia's City Hall.
Erika Onsrud, an at-large delegate from Minnesota, told the crowd they need to continue to fight. Amid cheers, she urged them to "stay awake!"
Other delegates acknowledged that Sanders' loss was disappointing. They said the crowd can create change themselves without the Democratic party and the mainstream media, contending the media contributed to a rigged election.
Black Men for Bernie and Occupy DNC Convention set up the rally. No major marches were planned and the streets were quieter than earlier in the week.
Ten protesters were detained and given citations after holding a sit-in inside Comcast Corp.'s headquarters in Philadelphia on the fourth day of demonstrations against the Democratic National Convention.
Comcast is the nation's largest cable TV operator and residential Internet service provider. It owns NBC and its affiliated cable news networks, among other entertainment properties.
One of the protesters, Luigi Costello, of Sarasota, Florida, says that the group sat down in the concourse level of the building Wednesday and chanted for the media to "stop entertaining, start investigating."
Police say they were taken away to be issued citations.
The group was later released.
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