Tag: Ferguson

Clinton Meets with Gun Victims’ Families

While in Chicago yesterday, Hillary Rodham Clinton held a two-hour private meeting with the families of gun victims. Clinton met with the families and had a discussion about gun violence and her plans to prevent guns from getting into the wrong hands. She has called for universal background check and closing a number of loopholes that allows people to purchase guns, avoiding the current background check system. The Clinton campaign also released a 30-second ad (above) calling for the strengthening of gun regulations in the United States

Those attending yesterday’s meeting included: Lesley McSpadden, the mother of Michael Brown, who was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri; relatives of Hadiya Pendleton, a fifteen-year-old who show mistakenly killed by a gang member in Chicago; Sabrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin who was shot and killed by George Zimmerman in Florida in 2012; the family of Jordan Davis, a seventeen-year-old killed last year in Florida; Samaria Rice, mother of Tamir Rice, a twelve-year-old Ohioan who was shot by an officer who mistook his pellet gun for a real weapon; and Joy McCormack, mother of Francisco “Frankie” Valencia, a DePaul University student killed by a gang member in 2009.

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News Source: The Chicago Tribune, Time

Clinton Talks Race in Missouri

150623165635-hillary-clinton-talks-confederate-flag-in-ferguson-keilar-sot-lead-00003520-exlarge-169Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke about race relations in the United States at an event held at the Christ the King United Church of Christ in Florissant, Missouri. She praised the actions of South Carolina leaders to remove the Confederate flag from the state capitol building, but admitted that there is more work to be done, and removing the flag is only a small step in addressing racial inequality.

Clinton’s comments come just days after white supremacist Dylann Roof killed nine men and women at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston. Her remarks were made a few miles from Ferguson, a city that has seen racial tensions since the 2014 shooting of an African American teen by local police. Similar events have taken place around the country sparking outrage and riots. Clinton admitted that work needs to be done saying, “We can’t hide from hard truths about race and justice, we have to name them, and own them, and change them.”

A full video from today’s event is available on C-SPAN.

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News Source: CNN

Clinton Talks Justice at Columbia University

Yesterday, Hillary Rodham Clinton was in New York to attend a number of fundraisers with Wall Street business executives, but today, she took part in the David N. Dinkins Leadership & Public Policy Forum at Columbia University where she spoke openly about the issues facing the justice system. Following protests in Ferguson, Missouri, Baltimore, and other states, Clinton had strong statements about the need to reform aspects of the justice system. While she condemned the violent measures taken by some of the protesters in Baltimore, she admitted that there is a lot of work to be done to ensure that racial bias does not hinder justice.

She said, “Not only as a mother and grandmother, but as a citizen, a human being, my heart breaks for these young men and their families. We have to come to terms with some hard truths about race and justice in America.” She went to say that we need to reconsider the system that relies on incarceration and turn our focus to a “true national debate about how to reduce our prison population while keeping our communities safe.” Clinton admitted that she didn’t have all the answers, but rising costs and incarceration rates require coming up with meaningful solutions.

This was the first time since announcing her candidacy for the presidency that Clinton has talked about a policy that could become a centerpiece of her platform. The full video from the event is available above.

News Source: Bloomberg, New York Times

10th annual Massachusetts Conference for Women

Thursday, December 4, 2014

-1c6843da61c5505eHillary Rodham Clinton took part in the 10th annual Massachusetts Conference for Women. As the keynote speaker for the luncheon, she spoke about a variety topics and praised voters for requiring employers to offer paid sick leave. Clinton also briefly spoke about the issues of race and justice in wake of the decisions in the Michael Brown case in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York. Clinton spoke primarily about the advancement of women saying, “Too many women here and around the world still face ceilings that hold them down, that make it harder for them to pursue their own God-given potential.”

A video for this event is not currently available and one will be posted when/if available.

News and Image Source: MassLive

OpenSDx

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered the keynote address at the OpenSDx conference hosted by Nexenta. She address the crowd of Silicon Valley execs, tech investors, and journalists where she admitted that she was not the most techie person, but she understood how important the companies of Silicon Valley are to the advancement of America in the 21st Century.

Clinton also addressed the situation in Ferguson, Missouri for the first time. She said the killing of teenager Michael Brown by local police shows the economic and social inequalities in America that still needs to be resolved. Many in the media criticized Clinton for not speaking about the incident sooner.

Video Source: YouTube

News Source: eWeek