Bernie Sanders’ Arrest at 1963 Civil Rights Protest Caught on Camera

Bernie Sanders was arrested during a civil rights protest in 1963 but now Sanders has confirmed that the video and photos are of him.

The video shows his arrest on August 12, 1963 while protesting against the segregation of Chicago Public Schools in Englewood.

Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign prepared to fend off a threatened primary challenge from Bernie Sanders, a former senior Obama adviser told Mother Jones on Thursday. Sanders was a student at the University of Chicago at the time.

The footage emerged after some Hillary Clinton supporters scoffed at Sanders’ claims that he has long fought for social justice.

He was referring to Sanders comments during a radio interview in 2011 where he said: “I think it would do this country a good deal of service if people started thinking about candidates out there to begin contrasting what is a progressive agenda as opposed to what Obama is doing”. He was charged with resisting arrest, found guilty, and fined $25.

While Sanders spoke to segments of the Elko population, he did not address larger issues for rural Nevada or the state, but stayed in the generalities of his campaign platform. After the footage was posted online, The Chicago Tribune discovered a photo in its archives showing the arrest. News accounts from the time had Sanders leading protests over racial inequality.

The photograph could have a strengthening impact on Sanders civil rights record as he gears up for the upcoming SC primary elections against Hillary Clinton to woo black voters.

Recently, Sanders’ rep took a hit when civil rights icon and Georgia congressman John Lewis, said he never saw Sanders during the 1960s when Sanders was working on Lewis’ Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

However, photographer Danny Lyon, who took that photo, contacted the research center and made available more photos from the same sequence, confirming Sanders’ identity, the center said.