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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