Tuesday, April 12, 2016

LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC HYPOCRISY ON BLACKS AND CRIME?


Bill Clinton got in hot water with some black protesters recently and later attempted damage control/spin. Looking at this  issue suggests perhaps a little hypocrisy by Democrats and attempts at black vote-buying.  According to the NYT:

“His statement (apologizing for how he handled some black protesters) did not quiet a raging storm of criticism. Still, it was a remarkable reversal for Mr. Clinton, who occupies a singular role in his wife’s campaign as a spouse and a popular former president who can sometimes make himself into a lightning rod. He has had to campaign for his wife in an era when signature policies of his administration have been repudiated both by Mrs. Clinton and her opponent, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont.

None of those issues has been more central to the 2016 campaign than the 1994 crime bill, which created tougher penalties for nonviolent drug offenders, erected dozens of new prisons, banned certain types of assault weapons and sent 100,000 more police officers to American cities.

Today, Black Lives Matter protesters have pointed to the effects of that legislation as contributing to the high rates of incarceration of black men and the current tensions between police officers and black communities.

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Both Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Sanders supported the 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act and have had to answer to Black Lives Matter protesters at their events. Both candidates will face tough questions on racial issues next week at the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network annual convention, less than a week before the April 19 New York primary.”
One can argue that Clinton and Sanders supported the Act because of its gun control provisions.  More left-wing authoritarianism at work
 

 


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