Hillary Clinton meets 'Black Lives Matter' protesters shut out of event. (Hillary Group) [View all]

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Hillary Clinton met with Boston-area Black Lives Matter activists after they were shut out of a New Hampshire event they planned to protest on Tuesday, according to CNN.

The Boston branch of Black Lives Matter told the New Republic Tuesday that it planned to protest Clinton's appearance in Keene, N.H., that afternoon, where she held a substance abuse forum.

It specifically criticized her support of policies “which instituted draconian penalties for drug possession and abuse at the same time they funnel money away from anti-poverty programs and into hyper-militarization of urban police forces and the institution of white supremacist police profiling policies” in the conversation with the New Republic.

But CNN reported that the Secret Service didn’t allow five of the group’s members inside of the forum. A Clinton official told the network the protesters were kept out because the room had reached capacity.

Nick Merrill, a Clinton spokesman, told CNN that the protesters watched the event in an overflow room and that the former secretary of State met with the group afterwards.

During the first few months of her campaign, Clinton has stressed the importance of increasing voter participation by minorities, called for sentencing reform for non-violent drug crimes and promoted the use of body cameras by police officers.

But she previously ran afoul of Black Lives Matter protesters back in June when she used the phrase “all lives matter.” Some activists view that response as diminishing the importance of addressing the issues facing African-Americans.

A month later, she said during a Facebook live chat that “black lives matter. Everyone in this country should stand firmly behind that.” She added that, “black people across America still experience racism every day.”...

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/250883-clinton-meets-black-lives-matter-protesters-shut-out-of-event via The Hill