According to presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, even a blind man could see that police officers are intentionally targeting black men.
In her speech at Columbia University on Wednesday, Clinton says, “There is something profoundly wrong when African-American men are still far more likely to be stopped and searched by police, charged with crimes, and sentenced to longer prison terms than are meted out to their white counterparts. There is something wrong when a third of all black men face the prospect of prison during their lifetimes. 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.”
Hilary Clinton touched on everyone from Eric Garner to Tamir Rice and of course Freddie Gray. “Yet again the family of a young black men is grieving a life cut short. Yet again the streets of an American city are marred by violence, by shattered glass, and shouts of anger and shows of force. Yet again a community is reeling, its fault lines laid bare,” she said.
Hilary Clinton 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.
Check out her entire speech below.
