Hillary Clinton meets with mothers of Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice and Michael Brown

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By Marcus Gilmer and Juana Summers
1 hour ago

On Monday afternoon, Hillary Clinton met with the surviving family members of African-American children killed by gun violence, including the mothers of Tamir Rice, Michael Brown, and Trayvon Martin.



Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin's mother, told CNN the meeting was "powerful" and productive. U.S. Congressman Bobby Rush (D-IL) was also seen at the restaurant where the meeting took place.

Tamir Rice's mother, Samantha, said, "She is a mother and she is a woman and I felt she understood where we were coming from. It doesn't matter what color we are, I felt that she really understand where we are coming from."

The meeting comes amid Clinton's campaign trail push to highlight her platform on criminal justice reform and her efforts to connect with the large Black Lives Matter movement. The movement was sparked by Martin's killing by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Florida. It grew following the deaths of Brown, who was shot by a policeman in Ferguson, Missouri, and Rice, a 12-year-old who was shot and killed by an officer in Cleveland.....................




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Lesley McSpadden, mother of Michael Brown, also attended the meeting, which had been in the works "for months," according to a Clinton aide

[riversedge]

1. Tweet form hillary about the meeting....

Hillary Clinton
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@HillaryClinton

Grateful to spend time today with mothers who have lost a child to violence and turned their grief into a national call to action. -H
6:05 PM - 2 Nov 2015

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[mwrguy]

2. Who did Bernie meet with today?

No wondering he's losing his ass.

[Quackers]

6. What's funny is if a republican did this, we would call it a disgusting photo op.

What's it called again when Hillary does it?

[Billsmile]

15. When Bernie Does It It's Not All Over The MSM.

http://observer.com/2015/10/bernie-sanders-kept-a-promise-made-in-secret-to-sandra-blands-family/

[azurnoir]

17. and Hillary seems to ignore them

interesting

[SunSeeker]

4. "Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin's mother, told CNN the meeting was 'powerful' and productive."

So you claim Hillary played the "gender card" in talking to Trayvon's mother because they connected as mothers...because well, they're both mothers.

So did Obama play the "gender card" or the "race card" when he said Trayvon could have been his son?

What a disgusting post, 1000words.

[McCamy Taylor]

7. "Exploit" being a woman? In 2008 when Ferraro said Obama would not

be under consideration if he was not Black did you applaud and say "Yeah, he is exploiting his race!"

[SunSeeker]

9. You're introducing hate, not reality. nt

[SunSeeker]

11. I provided a rebuttal. You could not respond, other than with insults.

Like I said, would you claim Obama played the "race card" or the "gender card" when he said Trayvon could have been his son?

Do you have to lose a child to be able to show empathy to a parent that did?

Trayvon's mother obviously disagrees with your shameful assessment.

[LanternWaste]

23. Conflating bias and reality simply illustrates your own biases... nothing more.

Conflating bias and reality simply illustrates your own biases... nothing more. Maintaining the pretense that you have absolute knowledge of what she may or may not know of others on a personal level merely validates that.

[Beacool]

19. That's a pretty bitter comment.

Hillary is a mother and the others are too. That's what they have in common. One can have empathy without being in the same circumstances as another person. FDR and the Kennedys were never poor and far wealthier than the Clintons, yet they had empathy for those who had less.

Your argument has no merit, other than to bash Hillary.

[JDPriestly]

12. Bernie names the names in his speeches, and Obama and Hillary

suddenly get on the Black Lives Matter issues.

It's getting funny how Hillary runs along after Bernie in focusing on issues.

I see a cartoon in the making.

[billhicks76]

13. Can't Change Your Votes

Pathetic, disingenuous pandering. Make her go away please. Revolting.

[Beacool]

20. She's not going away.

Furthermore, she'll probably be the next president.

[billhicks76]

21. Political Suicide

Even the private Hillary group here is fading. Everyone hates her. She is a liar and an ally of the Bush Family. You are are underestimating the public and being a fool. Watch. Democracy is not static.

[Beacool]

22. Everyone hates her?

You must be living in a bubble. As for Hillary supporters "fading" here, we just don't care to come to this anti-Hillary site. We have other sites that we prefer.

[Blue_Adept]

16. Yes, a lot of posters here are very cynical

Colors their worldview in some terrible ways.

[Sunlei]

18. I'm happy she had a chance to meet up and listen to them.