HILLARY FOR PRESIDENT

[HairOfTheDog]

Go Hillary!

I'm not crazy about Hillary, but she's growing on me.

At her first major policy speech today, Hillary stated:
"What we have seen in Baltimore should -- indeed, I think does -- tear at our soul," said Clinton in her keynote address at the 18^th annual David N. Dinkins Leadership and Public Policy Forum at Columbia University.

"From Ferguson, to Staten Island, to Baltimore, the patterns have become unmistakable and undeniable," Clinton added. "Walter Scott shot in the back in Charleston, South Carolina -- unarmed, in debt, terrified of spending more time in jail for child support payments he couldn't afford. Tamir Rice shot in a park in Cleveland, Ohio, unarmed and just 12 years old. Eric Garner, choked to death after being stopped for selling cigarettes on the streets of our city. And now Freddie Gray, his spine nearly severed while in police custody."

Clinton laid out her vision for fundamentally reforming the criminal justice system, centering around an "end to the era of mass incarceration." Those changes include addressing probation and drug diversion programs, increasing support for mental health and drug treatment and pursuing alternative punishments for low-level offenders.

She also wants to see body cameras given to every police department to increase transparency and accountability in a way that benefits both officers and members of the public.

"We have allowed our criminal justice system to get out of balance, and these recent tragedies should galvanize us to come together as a nation to find our balance again," said Clinton.

Full piece: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/29...70668.html
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I wanna hear what the other presidential candidates have to say about addressing the US's outrageous population incarceration percentage, the practice of rewarding cops for volume of petty busts, and means by which to reduce police brutality and hold police departments/officers accountable for criminal activity in their ranks.