Hillary Clinton: US must ‘face hard truths about race’ in Sandra Bland case

[DonViejo]

Source: The Guardian

Hillary Clinton said that the death of Sandra Bland is an example of the “hard truths about race and justice” that America needs to face as uncertainty and anger over the circumstances of the 28-year-old’s death continued on Thursday .

Bland was found hanged in her cell in a Texas county jail on 13 July, three days after a routine traffic stop escalated into a physical confrontation.

Her family and friends have repeatedly cast doubt on the official account that she asphyxiated herself with a trash bag at the Waller county jail, in a rural area near Houston, and called for an independent investigation.

Related: Sandra Bland dashcam video raises doubts about officer’s basis for arrest

Speaking in South Carolina one day after a white man suspected of murdering nine people at a historically black Charleston church last month was charged with federal hate crimes , Clinton discussed Bland in the context of “systemic racism” in the US and high-profile deaths of African Americans at the hands of police.

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Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/hillary-clinton-us-must-face-hard-truths-about-race-in-sandra-bland-case/

[riversedge]

1. I hope all the candidates continue to speak out and keep this issue

on the front burner.

[mainstreetonce]

2. I think Hillary is being brave.

This can go both ways. She is speaking for justice.

[Sunlei]

3. Hillary Clinton, people have 'faced' this for decades. What can the Federal Gov. do to help?

[pnwmom]

4. What do you think the Fed. gov. should do to help?

Or is this a gotcha question?

[d_legendary1]

5. The Federal Gov. passed the Civil Rights Act

I'm sure they can think of something...

[DonViejo]

6. Yep, Republican majorities in both Houses can think of something.

[d_legendary1]

13. That is true!

Though I doubt it would be anything good...

[DonViejo]

14. Yep. I should have added the sarcasm smilie to my comment....

Yep, Republican majorities in both Houses can think of something.

[YOHABLO]

7. I get tired of hearing her scripted messages that are more or less rhetorical. It's like.. DUH !!

[closeupready]

15. I know, right. WHAT 'truths', exactly? How mousey.

[shenmue]

8. True

[ismnotwasm]

9. Good for her

Keep the dialogue open.

[freshwest]

10. Face it. Then take hard measures to stop it in every state. At times I wonder if the underfunded

agencies have been neutered by the GOP as to be useless. Many seem to think we are dealing with the powerful groups of the past with the weight of law. We're not.

Also we have anti-government sentiment as well as vehement anti-tax voters. We can't do actions with the military as was once done with desegregation, we don't have the will of the people behind us.

I'm wondering how any POTUS is going to force through change legally inj this situation. But this has to end, or it'll end the USA.

[uhnope]

11. good for her but it's not just about race

This happens to people viewed as powerless.
http://wonkette.com/591729/nice-white-dad-mysteriously-dies-in-police-custody-we-can-talk-police-brutality-now
It's a huge mistake to turn this into only a race issue; it misses the chance to bring in more of the general public that is alarmed at police brutality.
Given the fact that our economic system is creating a large population segment--if not majority--that is relatively impoverished and powerless, this is a cause for most of the USA.

[Starry Messenger]

12. k&r