2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumIn AL, standing ovation when Rosa Park's/MLK's attorney calls Hillary "next President of the US."
In an address to civil rights lawyers and activists, at an event organized by the National Bar Association, the countrys largest organization of African-American lawyers and judges, Hillary calls for an overhaul of the justice system.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/02/us/politics/hillary-clinton-calls-for-overhaul-of-justice-system.html
MONTGOMERY, Ala. In the church here where, 60 years ago, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. inspired residents to boycott the local bus network, Hillary Clinton on Tuesday called for overhauling the criminal justice system, saying there is something profoundly wrong when black men are disproportionately stopped and searched by the police, arrested or killed.
She made her remarks to pews packed with civil rights lawyers who descended on the Alabama capital to commemorate the day Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus to a white man, a moment that became pivotal in the fight for civil rights.
Six decades have passed since Ms. Parkss arrest on Dec. 1, 1955, and yet as Mrs. Clinton addressed the crowd the country was reeling from another shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer in Chicago, and grappling with civil rights and racial justice issues that have become central to the 2016 presidential campaign.
In the stained-glass sanctuary of Dexter Avenue King Memorial Church, Mrs. Clinton recalled sitting next to Ms. Parks in 1999 as President Bill Clinton delivered the State of the Union address. Rosa hadnt changed much, she said. She was the same lovely, dignified, determined person she always was, but America had changed.
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The two-day event was one of only a handful of times since Mrs. Clinton announced her candidacy in April that she addressed organizations that were unaffiliated with her campaign and had not endorsed her. She was joined by a lineup of lawyers, elected officials and ministers who have been central in civil rights struggles, past and present.
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Mr. Gray, who represented Ms. Parks and Dr. King, received a standing ovation when he called Mrs. Clinton the next president of the United States. He talked about the first official planning meeting for the Montgomery bus boycott, a meeting that took place in the basement of this church in 1955, and said, The struggle for equal justice continues.
elleng
(131,100 posts)CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
Americas criminal justice system is badly in need of reform. For too long our justice system has reinforced our countrys cruel history of racism and economic inequalityremaining disconnected from our founding ideals of life, liberty, and equal treatment under the law.
Our country needs new leadership that will honestly assess our broken criminal justice system and put forward solutions that will:
Ensure that justice is delivered for all Americansregardless of race, class, or place.
Build trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve.
Ensure fairness and equal treatment for all people at every step within our justice system.
We must also strive to make our corrections facilities actually achieve rehabilitation. Almost all men and women who serve time in jail or prison return to their former communities. We will be stronger as a nation if all of our fellow Americans are able to find jobs, rebuild their lives, and have a stake in our democracy. There is no such thing as a spare American. >>>
https://martinomalley.com/policy/criminal-justice/
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Number23
(24,544 posts)Dyson's article is extremely comprehensive and well written.
SunSeeker
(51,691 posts)postatomic
(1,771 posts)I wish a few others would take a moment to see what an incredible person Hillary is. Doubt it will happen, but I can hope.
Know it's easier to just create a deafening noise level using copy and paste "thoughts".
Getting really excited.
moobu2
(4,822 posts)OhDemMom
(11 posts)Not my vote.
gordyfl
(598 posts)Here's Hillary's speech, including the standing ovation...
pnwmom
(108,994 posts)Cha
(297,644 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)I like it
Go Hillary!
ismnotwasm
(42,008 posts)ismnotwasm
(42,008 posts)And her ability to listen, as well as learn. She will make a fabulous President