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Historic NY

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Wed Aug 12, 2015, 10:52 AM Aug 2015

Hillary Clinton met with five Black Lives Matter activists following campaign event...

KEENE, N.H. — Hillary Clinton met with five Black Lives Matter activists behind closed doors following her campaign event here on Tuesday evening, after the group tried to disrupt the forum but arrived too late to get past security.

The group – affiliated with Black Lives Matter organizations in the Boston area — told reporters afterwards that they asked Clinton about “her and her family’s history with the war on drugs both at home and abroad, and how she felt about her involvement in that violence that has been perpetuated, especially against communities of color and against black folks,” said Daunasia Yancey. “We wanted to know her reflections on her involvement as first lady, as senator, and as secretary of state.”

Clinton’s response, which they declined to detail, was not a reflection on “her part in perpetuating white supremacist violence,” Yancey said. “I heard a reflection on failed policy.”
“She did acknowledge that there have been policies that she has been part of promoting that have not worked,” Yancey added, without detailing which policies specifically she meant.


http://crooksandliars.com/2015/08/clinton-meets-blm-protesters-after-they

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Hillary Clinton met with five Black Lives Matter activists following campaign event... (Original Post) Historic NY Aug 2015 OP
"arrived too late to get past security" awoke_in_2003 Aug 2015 #1
They were very respectful and polite to HRC. aikoaiko Aug 2015 #2
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