2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Sanders Statement on Seattle Protesters [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)best person to do it. We are in a state of emergency wrt to the murder of Americans, mostly AAs by the US Civilian police.
I see a lot of USE of this issue for political purposes, I've been watching it for years in shock, before Ferguson and wondering what kind of country would TOLERATE so many dead citizens at the hands of the 'justice system'.
No matter which party is in power, no matter how many promises made, DURING ELECTIONS, or photo ops sent out by campaigns, not only has nothing been done, it is only worse.
So this time I looked at their records and the ONLY one whose record shows an effort, thought sadly with not much support from his colleagues, on either side of the aisle, to end the policies that made this escalate, was Bernie Sanders.