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sheshe2

(83,668 posts)
Sun Oct 2, 2016, 01:48 PM Oct 2016

Clinton in Charlotte: 'Community Is in Pain' Over Keith Lamont Scott Shooting

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In the wake of Keith Lamont Scott's death, Hillary Clinton made an impassioned plea to heal racial divides at a black church here Sunday morning, urging the country to see recent violence "through our children's eyes."

"Our entire country should take a moment to really look at what's going on here and across America to imagine" how young people view tensions between police and minority communities, Clinton argued.

"I'm a grandmother and like every grandmother, I worry about the safety and security of my grandchildren. But my worries are not the same as black grandmothers," Clinton said, adding that every child, regardless of race, "deserves the same sense of security" and "deserves the same hope."

Read More: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/clinton-charlotte-community-pain-over-keith-lamont-scott-shooting-n658196

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Clinton in Charlotte: 'Community Is in Pain' Over Keith Lamont Scott Shooting (Original Post) sheshe2 Oct 2016 OP
Just a beautiful speech. ffr Oct 2016 #1
Thank you, ffr. sheshe2 Oct 2016 #2
Thank you, sheshe. brer cat Oct 2016 #3

ffr

(22,665 posts)
1. Just a beautiful speech.
Sun Oct 2, 2016, 02:22 PM
Oct 2016

This is the person we need to be our next leader.

Thank you sheshe2 for yet another uplifting positive story about Hillary Clinton.

brer cat

(24,525 posts)
3. Thank you, sheshe.
Sun Oct 2, 2016, 04:30 PM
Oct 2016

After her trip was cancelled last week, coverage seemed to have disappeared. I'm glad she was able to go and make this comforting and unifying speech.

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