Black Lives Matter Activist DeRay Mckesson Endorses Clinton

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo

One of the most prominent activists in the Black Lives Matter movement has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president.

DeRay Mckesson, a former Minnesota Public Schools employee who rose to national prominence following his activism in Ferguson, Missouri after the police shooting death of Michael Brown, acknowledged Wednesday in a Washington Post editorial that voting was not “the only way to bring about transformational change” but that “elections do have consequences,” and “I agree with Clinton more than I disagree with her.”

Specifically, Mckesson pointed to Clinton’s focus on police reform, addressing mass incarceration, and expanding economic opportunities in “a $125 billion Economic Revitalization Initiative that is akin to a new New Deal, structurally investing in youth employment, re-entry, small business growth and homeownership.”

“Clinton’s platform on racial justice is strong: It is informed by the policy failings of the past and is a vision for where we need to go,” Mckesson wrote. “Politics is compromise, by its very nature. But we never compromise on our values and beliefs. I will vote for Clinton and plan to continue to challenge her on her platform and these commitments when she’s in the White House.”

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[Coolest Ranger]

1. Excellent

[gwheezie]

2. He's getting some blowback

Not that he listens to me since I've only contacted him on social media & he's never personally responded but I told him that I've seen movements rise & last decades, out of them most people are changed by the experience but take a path as a private citizen, few continue in a public role but remain outside the status quo, few join the status quo to change from within and the rare person changes the status quo and it's ok to do any of these things or shift roles throughout a lifetime.

[riversedge]

3. thank you. Go Hillary!

[romanic]

4. BLM will eat him alive for this.

Just like they did to (maybe white) Shaun King.

[William769]

5. I have a lot of respect for Black Lives Matter.

I hope that their movement does help affect change.