I don't think it's bad press for the candidate in minority communities. The positivity/negativity of the coverage probably depends on how the candidate responds. Nothing majorly offensive came from Hillary at the event itself.
Maybe this can give you an idea of the scope of BLM: http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2015/08/us/disruptors/
The time and place for presidential candidates to say anything meaningful about black lives was centuries ago, and our current candidates don't give a fuck. This is how long black people have been waiting. Sanders didn't get a racial justice section on his website until BLM forced him to say something.
Good.
That's the point. Hillary isn't going to do jack shit, and she knows it. She's being called on by the people she's trying to court to own up to her words.
No.
As it's already been stated if this is all it takes to drop support for BLM then they never gave a shit to begin with
Not a lawmaker?
It most certainly is. Bernie is still getting reamed and called racist by people I've talked to on the matter. All it takes is a loosely worded Facebook post and people's opinion change rapidly.
Jeb Bush
Is Hillary going to do anything for black issues?
I blame the fact that alot of people seem to get their news from things like facebook and twitter.
Oh wow. You mean people might give little care into politics. Shocking
And people care even less about black struggles so at this point I'll take what I can get
Im black and I have no qualms about saying that yes we need my people to vote democratic if they want to see anything resembling progress. And I also have no qualms about saying most people don't seem to know shit about government and sabotaging a presidential rally who in all reality can have nothing to do about state and county ran police is not very effective at seeing the change they want.
Democrats aren't receptive, as shown by the results of this, today. BLM is long done with liberal promises and then surprise it's fucking nothing.gif. If they actually give a fuck, let's see the work.
The only thing she would be able to do is sign or veto bills that come across her desk. Do you not understand this? Do you think Hillary or Bernie or any other possible politician in the world cares more about enacting police reform than Obama right now? Do you realize why he hasnt been able to do anything?
Nope, but only Democrats make promises and statements about it, when it's politically viable. It's way past time to back up the words.
Get a fucking clue man.
Nothing will be passed right now. When you look at a place like Ferguson- the big hammer you can use is DoJ investigations, and that's already being done under the Obama administration. (Hillary would presumably be a continuation of that.) But it's a big hammer trying to play whack-a-mole with what's fundamentally a state/local issue. The cops in Ferguson were doing exactly what the officials wanted them to do- exploit the people living there as a revenue source. The cops in NYC are implementing Stop and Frisk, just like they're told to do by elected officials. It's very hard to fix these issues on a macro level because of this- you can pass a national cop cam law, which will greatly help things overall, but it won't do a thing to combat the issues specific to black communities.
