Bill Clinton Vs. Black Lives Matter

During a recent speech, Bill Clinton was interrupted by Black Lives Matter. Instead of giving them the floor to voice their concerns like Bernie Sanders did, he attempted to educate them on the merits of the crime bill he passed in the 90’s. You know, the bill that caused millions more African Americans to be imprisoned with much longer sentences... The one Hillary Clinton championed and marketed with the term “super-predators.” Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

"Former President Bill Clinton sounded like a cranky Fox news viewer on the campaign trail today while stumping for Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia today.

His speech was repeatedly interrupted by Black Lives Matter protesters, specifically with regard to his crime bill and the consequences of it today.

When pushed on it, Clinton lashed back, citing the discussions at the time that were emanating from the black community about crime in their communities.

“I talked to a bunch of African-American groups [in 1994], they think black lives matter. [The groups said] to take this bill because people are being shot in the street by gangs. We had 13-year-old kids planning their own funerals,” Bill Clinton said at the Philadelphia rally.

“Whose lives were saved that mattered?”

He went on to highlight other provisions of the crime bill — the assault weapons ban, money for after-school programs for inner-city children and funding for additional police officers that Clinton said reduced the need for police to bring in "militarized" equipment — as well as Clinton’s work with disadvantaged children and on cataloging discrimination in an Alabama school.

So far, so good, but then it went off the rails, when the protesters accused him of crimes against humanity, sparking an angry response.

“I don’t know how you would characterize the gang leaders who got 13-year-old kids hopped up on crack and sent them out on the street to murder other African-American children,” Clinton growled. “Maybe you thought they were good citizens… You are defending the people who kill the people whose lives you say matter!””*

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