Bernie Sanders speaks on police brutality & mass incarceration BlackLivesMatter

[BrotherIvan]

37. It is a long watch and I haven't gotten to it yet

But the highlighted section starts at 1:07. Normally you can link to a timecode in a video, but DU edits it out for some reason.

I personally was not dismissing anyone's concerns and I think neither were quite a lot of people amidst the yelling in those threads. What was being said was that in a single 35 minute kickoff speech, he did not add in throwaway lines about it as many politicians do. If he had been ignoring the problem over a longer period of time, then that would be a huge problem. But I do think that he is attacking issues more substantively one at a time as the campaign rolls out. A one-liner with room for applause does not do much more than lip service.

I am very glad to see him talking about this in clear and full terms. It is very urgent and very important. I also think that Obama needs to be doing all he can to address it right now while he is in office.