Mother of Michael Brown, the teen killed by police in Ferguson, endorses Clinton on Missouri’s prim

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Source: washington post



Mother of Michael Brown, the teen killed by police in Ferguson, endorses Clinton on Missouri’s primary day

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/03/15/mother-of-michael-brown-killed-by-police-in-ferguson-endorses-clinton-on-missouri-primary-day/


By Anne Gearan March 15 at 10:52 AM





Lezley McSpadden, mother of Michael Brown, who was killed in Ferguson, Mo., on Aug. 9, 2014, bows her head in prayer. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

The mother of Michael Brown, the 18-year-old whose 2014 shooting by police in Ferguson, Mo., ignited protests that lasted for weeks, is backing Democrat Hillary Clinton.

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"When I lost my son, I lost my world. 'Big Mike' was a big boy, but he was my baby boy; my only child, and his life was brutally taken from me," Lezley McSpadden wrote in her endorsement statement.



"Parents are not supposed to bury their children, especially by murder. But the reality is, that far too many black parents have; not just by senseless gunfire but by lawful gunfire. Enough is Enough."


McSpadden was among a group of African American mothers who met privately with Clinton last year. All had lost children to violence, and some have gone on to campaign for Clinton in states with significant African American populations.

Clinton has made the mothers' stories a regular part of her political speeches, as she talks about the need for criminal justice reform and better gun control. She has called for mandatory body-worn cameras for police officers, something McSpadden is advocating in Missouri. She testified before the state legislature last month in favor of a bill to require cameras that could capture police interactions with civilians........................


McSpadden praised Clinton's "realistic proposals" on health care, housing, education and other issues, and she said Clinton is "the candidate most likely to achieve the task of working across party lines to get needed legislation passed.".........................

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2. Interesting.

"McSpadden praised Clinton's "realistic proposals" on health care, housing, education and other issues, and she said Clinton is "the candidate most likely to achieve the task of working across party lines to get needed legislation passed."

While I don't agree with the above because the Republicans like Clinton as much as they like Obama, and will stonewall her equally.
I do agree with this:

"Clinton has made the mothers' stories a regular part of her political speeches, as she talks about the need for criminal justice reform and better gun control. She has called for mandatory body-worn cameras for police officers, something McSpadden is advocating in Missouri. She testified before the state legislature last month in favor of a bill to require cameras that could capture police interactions with civilians."

Touche' for a for being on the right side of the issue, Hillary Clinton.

Bernie Sander proposes to help fund police body cameras, it appears Hillary wants to make them mandatory( a stance I agree with.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-racial-inequality_us_55c81153e4b0f1cbf1e56b77

Sanders also wants to get rid of mandatory sentencing. I will google Clinton on this.
Hillary says she wants to reform the Criminal Justice system but sites dispute her past record for this.

I wouldn't trust her interest being genuine since the GEO group(biggest for profit prison lobby) has been one of her big Lobbyist donors and she didn't remove them until she had to after being exposed for it in November.

Regardless, I would hope both candidates are genuine in getting a better criminal justice system than we currently have where Michael Brown's killer walks free.

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3. For Michael Brown and Lezley McSpadden