Cornel West joins DC reparations protest against Wells Fargo Bank

EXCLUSIVE: Unaffiliated presidential candidate Cornel West joined a group of protesters picketing in front of Wells Fargo Bank in downtown Washington, D.C., on Tuesday afternoon – bolstering their demands for reparations.  West, who was initially running under the People’s Party banner before electing to run as an Independent, spoke to Fox News Digital after stopping by to offer support for the protesters.  West’s interaction with the assembled demonstrators suggested he joined the protest on a short deadline, as he said he planned to travel to Harlem, New York, for another event in the afternoon. West said reparations are a fundamental piece of his lifelong “quest for truth and justice.” CORNEL WEST CALLS OUT BIDEN’S PAST CONNECTIONS TO SEGREGATIONISTS, SAYS TRUMP IS ‘FLAWED’ ON RACIAL ISSUES Professor Cornel West, an Independent presidential candidate, calls for reparations at Wells Fargo in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (Charlie Creitz/Fox News) “It’s been that way for 40 years, and we’ve had to keep track of all the financial institutions that played a role in terms of benefiting from that unbelievable, barbaric injustice,” he said of slavery.  “So it’s a question of truth; a condition of truth, as to who was allowed to...