Watch BLM Take Over Liberal Conference — We Want More Positions In Party!

Several members of a group calling itself the “Black Ass Caucus” walked onto the stage to detail their grievances to a crowd of thousands. The demonstration occurred shortly before a scheduled speech by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive who gained national attention when she upset powerful Rep. Joe Crowley to win the Democratic nomination in New York’s 14th Congressional District in June.

Over the course of 15 minutes, the black activists faulted the annual conference for scheduling panel discussions on black activism in the same time slots, called out interpersonal slights from white conference goers and lamented conference attendees’ lack of diversity and inadequate representation of New Orleans residents.