Here’s What Protesters Were Chanting During the #DemDebate

The Democratic debate was disrupted by audience chants Wednesday night, starting during New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s opening remarks and continuing into the opening remarks by New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker. “Fire Pantaleo” voices from the audience shouted, referring to Staten Island police officer Daniel Pantaleo, who held Eric Garner in a chokehold in 2014 when Garner died. Officer Pantaleo is still currently employed by the New York Police Department. CNN, who is hosting the debate, had the senator stop his remarks until the chanting stopped, but did not cut away to the audience. Afterward, TheWrap’s Lindsey Ellefson spoke to civil rights activist Kirsten John Foy, one of the protesters inside Detroit’s Fox Theater where the debate was hosted. who said they were directed at Mayor de Blasio. Also Read: Joe Biden Called Out by Kamala Harris's Press Secretary for 'Go Easy on Me, Kid' Joke A surrogate for de Blasio said Wednesday that the mayor would have fired Pantaleo “immediately” if he could have. “I have no doubt that if due process permitted an immediate firing, I believe the mayor would have fired him immediately,” Bronx Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda told The New York Post. “But unfortunately, these are...