Obama Supporter Beaten---Shreveport, LA
December 8, 2008 | Shreveport, Louisiana | Vetting explained
Kaylon Johnson, a former volunteer for the Barack Obama Campaign in Shreveport, Louisisana, was savagely beaten at a gas station Saturday night. His attackers called him a n****, and screamed "f** Obama". They were enraged by the bumber stickers on his vehicle and Obama t shirt that he wore.
Kaylon is scheduled for surgery Friday, for a torn tear duct, broken eye socket and nose.
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