In one of her first major speeches as a presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today called for sweeping criminal justice reforms in the wake of the deaths of unarmed black men in police custody — most recently in Baltimore, plunging the city into days of unrest. (observer.com)
Race does connect them, in a way, but in one, we are trying to escape today's racial reality of driving while black and cops killing unarmed black men with no punishment, While in the other, we immerse ourselves in that reality. (thenation.com)
Conversely, after the subsequent death of several unarmed black men in the following years, I was attending my church in LA, and each time, no mention or acknowledgment was made. (relevantmagazine.com)