Hillary Clinton to campaign with mother of Sandra Bland

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Hillary Clinton will campaign next week with the mother of Sandra Bland, the Chicago-area woman who was discovered hanged in her jail cell three days after being pulled over for a routine traffic stop near Houston.

Geneva Reed-Veal will join the Democratic presidential candidate at a Feb. 17 voter mobilization event in Chicago.

Bland's death has become a symbol of the racial inequalities in the criminal justice system. Her family, black leaders and other activists have questioned her treatment by white law enforcement officers and the determination she committed suicide.

Clinton is trying to boost her support among minority voters ahead of primaries later this month in South Carolina and Nevada.

Other African-American mothers whose children were victims of gun violence are planning campaign events for her in the coming weeks.


http://www.kfvs12.com/story/31185648/the-latest-clinton-to-campaign-with-mother-of-sandra-bland

[mcar]

1. I look forward to the positive comments

regarding this citizen and bereaved mother's choice.

[riversedge]

10. I think having her meeting others and talking about gun violence --will hapefully motivate others

to register and vote--for Democrats!

[bowens43]

2. Is there no tragedy hill won't exploit for a few votes?

[bigtree]

3. you're making a ridiculous point. This mother is the one who's decided to campaign for Hillary

...apparently, you'd want her voice in this campaign silenced, or, perhaps, filtered out according to what your own interests are.

YOU are exploiting her in your anti-Hillary effort. Sec. Clinton is providing her a voice for her concerns in this campaign.

[JRLeft]

8. Agreed, she chose Hillary.

[mgmaggiemg]

14. exactly ;)

[arcane1]

4. "Clinton is trying to boost her support among minority voters"?

From what I've been reading here, she has near-unanimous support. What is there to "boost"?

[bigtree]

5. I'm sure you think she should just sit on her lead and wait for her rival to cut into it

...but, as Hillary said yesterday, she intends to fight for every vote.

[arcane1]

6. What astute mind-reading skills you have!

[bigtree]

9. I'm stumped

...for different ways to explain that this is still a campaign which intends to fight for every vote.

I can't believe this is even a question.

[uponit7771]

7. There it is then

[riversedge]

11. And a Big REC...

[Starry Messenger]

12. k&r

[Gothmog]

13. I feel so sorry for Sandra Bland's mother

Waller County is a cesspool of racism

[bigtree]

15. yep, long history of racism

...still a huge problem there

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/742a74c5e79f4b26949d037003a120d3/texas-county-where-inmate-died-has-history-racial-tension