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Five Women From ‘Black Lives Matter’ Campaign for Hillary Clinton in S. Carolina
SUMTER, S.C. – Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are seeking to appeal to their core constituencies — she to women and he to young people — as they seek votes from African-Americans in South Carolina.
The divide was on vivid display Monday afternoon at the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church here, as five mothers in the Black Lives Matter movement spoke powerfully about their support for Mrs. Clinton – including one who had some words for her granddaughter, who is backing Mr. Sanders.
Gwen Carr, whose son Eric Garner was killed when a New York City police officer put him in a chokehold in 2014, described her son’s death during a Clinton campaign event here and praised Mrs. Clinton for devoting time listening to her and promising to overhaul the criminal justice system.
Referring to police officers and her son, Ms. Carr said, “They would have never done that to him, if he was a white Eric Garner in the suburbs.”
“This racial profiling, it has to stop. We all have to be treated like human beings,” Ms. Carr said to an audience of about 25 people, mostly older African-American women. “We know that all lives matter, but we have to make them understand that our life is just as important as anyone else’s life. Hillary Clinton understands this.”
http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/02/22/five-women-from-black-lives-matter-campaign-for-hillary-clinton-in-s-carolina/
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If you get my meaning. 
Maybe she could have used different language, but she didn't. You could've used different language yourself when directly addressing another poster but you didn't. But I'm willing to excuse your emotional outburst.
Have a nice day. 
