I want Bernie Sanders to talk about race

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79. He spoke about police brutality last night and what he'd like to do about it.

Granted, it was in response to a question and not part of his stump speech, but his answers again cheered the crowd and the young African American woman who asked about it seemed pleased. He said he would like to implement community policing nationwide, with police as public servants, that he would like to end the militarization of police, and he said that most importantly, police must be held accountable.

He's been an honorary member of the Black Caucus, which I learned last night, so it's a good bet he's exposed to a lot of these issues, and he has a good track record on civil rights. I'm sure that he'll be asked more about it as time goes on, so I hope that he'll start talking about it more. I do get the feeling though, that with so many things to fix in this country, he's focused on the one that might build momentum toward fixing the others.