Cross-post from GDP: Sandra Bland's mother to campaign for Hillary Clinton (HRC Group)

[Godhumor]

Hillary Clinton will campaign next week with the mother of Sandra Bland, the Chicago-area woman who was discovered hanged in her jail cell three days after being pulled over for a routine traffic stop near Houston.

Geneva Reed-Veal will join the Democratic presidential candidate at a February 17 voter mobilization event in Chicago. Bland's death has become a symbol of the racial inequalities in the criminal justice system. Her family, black leaders and other activists have questioned her treatment by white law enforcement officers and the determination she committed suicide.

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Other African-American mothers whose children were victims of gun violence, including Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner; Maria Hamilton, mother of Dontre Hamilton; and Lucy McBath, mother of Jordan Davis; are planning to campaign for Clinton in South Carolina in the coming weeks.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sandra-blands-mother-to-campaign-for-hillary-clinton/

[shenmue]

1. Amen

[lunamagica]

2. Thanks to these ladies for channeling their tragedy into positive action

[mcar]

3. K&R

[Cha]

4. Bless their hearts.. It must be a little comforting to be working for something positve.. they

are such strong, admirable women.

Thank you, Godhumor.