Scientology saw a tempting target in a Tampa pastor gaining fame for her compassion - 2016-11-13

Scientology saw a tempting target in a Tampa pastor gaining fame for her compassion November 13, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker

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Our man Rod Keller keeps his mindful watch on Scientology's social media presence, and that's once again netted him a dynamite story...

In July, Tampa minister Savanna Hartman became Internet famous when her Facebook video, apologizing through tears for her "white privilege," went viral. It's now been seen more than 17 million times.

She was reacting to the disturbing death of a 37-year-old man named Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In video of the incident, two white Baton Rouge policemen can be seen holding Sterling down as they were trying to arrest him. They were responding to a report that a man had been selling CDs on the street and had pulled a gun on someone. In the video, one of the officers trying to hold Sterling down yells that he's going for his gun, and the other officer shoots Sterling multiple times from just three feet away.

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