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jwirr

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4. I in no way defend her tactics. But I do not think Bernie or any of the other candidates are weak
Wed Aug 12, 2015, 04:35 PM
Aug 2015

because they put the issue on their agenda. I suspect that Bernie is as upset by the police brutality and mass incarceration as a lot of good people are. As many here on DU are. He has himself protested similar issues in the past so he has some respect for the very idea of protesting.

So despite their screaming and yelling he heard what they wanted. He actually heard it at the NN protest. I understand that he started working on his plan to bring change right after that protest and that is how he met Symone Sanders the criminal law expert he has hired as his spokes person.

He agrees with the need for social justice. He has added it to his program because he believes in it. Not because someone screamed and yelled. Because someone thought it was okay to push him around. Because they called him and his supporters names. This is Bernie Sanders the activist.

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