Monday, September 1, 2014

Time: Hillary Clinton on Ferguson: ‘We Are Better Than That’ - "if a third of all white men — just look at this room and take one third — went to prison during their lifetime. Imagine that." (One possible solution might be to see that Secretary Dead Ambassador be humanely given a few electroshock therapy treatments until she has a greater awareness of the real world and the staggering difference between the crime rates of White men versus Black men. This doesn't mean I am also calling for Ms. Clinton to be given a pre-frontal lobotomy, which apparently has already taken place.)


Hillary Clinton on Ferguson: ‘We Are Better Than That’


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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made her first public comments Thursday on the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., calling for the country to address “inequities” in the criminal-justice system.

The likely 2016 Democratic presidential candidate addressed both the shooting and the days of often violent protests that followed, saying, “This is what happens when the bonds of trust and respect that hold any community together fray.”

Clinton’s comments came at the end of a paid speaking appearance in San Francisco. She said her “heart just broke” for Brown’s family after the unarmed 18-year old was shot by police officer Darren Wilson more than two weeks ago. She also condemned the “terrible” images on television of heavily armed police facing off with largely peaceful protesters. “Nobody wants to see our streets look like a war zone,” she said. “Not in America, we are better than that.” And Clinton called for a renewed focus on reforming the nation’s criminal justice system, saying the country must confront lingering unfairness. ...

http://time.com/3209323/hillary-clinton-ferguson-michael-brown/