2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Supporters - Please read my post [View all]appalachiablue
(41,105 posts)holding officers who commit illegal acts accountable, dealing with police depts. that look like the military and strengthening black communities through education and jobs which help combat poverty, despair and more inequality. Invest in education and jobs, not jails and prisons he says.
Since *1991, when he was new to the Congress, Sanders went on record in the House of Reps. speaking out against racist, tough on crime legislation aimed at increased incarceration of minorities and the poor, which sadly came to pass with the 1994 Violent Crime Law that has ruined the lives of many and their families and communities that Bill Clinton has apologized for recently.
3. In 1994 Bill Clinton Passed the Violent Crime Control Law and is Now Apologizing to the NAACP.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1017&pid=281380
There have to be, and will be enhanced policies to eliminate illegal law enforcement practices, brutality and violence targeting blacks and PoC and the US incarceration rate of the most people in prison on earth, mainly blacks and Latinos.
Why these issues are not being addressed nationally or on the state level through AGs and governors is very disturbing, same with VOTER SUPPRESSION which impacts AAs and also youth, senior voters, the poor and others. Recently Pres. Obama visited a federal prison and called out a system that will incarcerate 1 of 4 black men born now if not changed, an effort which Sanders praised in the below speech in Iowa, July 17.
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- Sanders on BLM, Iowa Democratic Hall of Fame Dinner, July 17, 2 days before Net Roots Nation Conf.
- SBS: I Want an America Where Blacks are Not Harassed, Shot and Killed by Police, June 17, pre NRN
http://www.democraticunderground.com/128029698
- Sanders speaking on BLM, June 6 early in his campaign in Keene, NH, community Ctr., 750 attendees.