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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 05:09 PM Dec 2014

Hillary Clinton Backs Probes Of Chokehold, Ferguson Deaths-Hillary Clinton Room Post

Hillary Clinton Room Post


AP | By KEN THOMAS

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday the nation's criminal justice system is "out of balance" and she supports federal reviews of police-involved deaths of black men in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York City.

Clinton said the two cases, which have stirred a national conversation on race and law enforcement, show the need for federal funds to be used for best practices, "rather than weapons of war."

Read more at the link. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/04/hillary-clinton-eric-garner_n_6271302.html

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Hillary Clinton Backs Probes Of Chokehold, Ferguson Deaths-Hillary Clinton Room Post (Original Post) hrmjustin Dec 2014 OP
Glad to see her speaking out... n/t hlthe2b Dec 2014 #1
Called staking out a position. Wellstone ruled Dec 2014 #2
Did you read the article? OKNancy Dec 2014 #3
I think she meant what she said and this is the HRC room so criticism of her is not allowed. hrmjustin Dec 2014 #4
It was a good statement, we should all be afforded the same treatment under the law. Thinkingabout Dec 2014 #5
another article, more in depth OKNancy Dec 2014 #6
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
2. Called staking out a position.
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 05:14 PM
Dec 2014

Verbiage,were is the methodology? Damn,this triangulation shit has to stop,you want my vote,tell me what you plan on proposing. Enough of the CYA

OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
3. Did you read the article?
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 05:18 PM
Dec 2014

I doubt there is anything she could say to please some here.
Do you object to what she proposes?

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
5. It was a good statement, we should all be afforded the same treatment under the law.
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 08:05 PM
Dec 2014

Action needs to be taken, hopefully we can get this under control before more lives are lost.

OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
6. another article, more in depth
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 08:07 PM
Dec 2014
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clinton-takes-hard-truths-about-race-and-justice

“Each of us has to grapple with some hard truths about race and justice in America. Because despite all the progress we’ve made together, African-Americans, and most particularly, African-American men, are still more likely to be stopped and searched by police, charge with crimes, and sentenced to longer prison terms,” she said.

Beyond racial issues, Clinton suggested she favors reducing the prison population overall.

“The United States has less than 5% of the world’s population, yet we have almost 25% of the world’s total prison population,” she said, saying it’s not because Americans break more laws than other nations. “It is because we have allowed our criminal justice system to get out of balance. And I personally hope that these tragedies give us the opportunity to come together as a nation to find our balance again.”

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.....her comments Thursday went even farther, and are as strong as any from politicians with national ambitions.
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