Category: Domestic Affairs,

Full Transcript of Bernie Sanders’ Speech Endorsing Hillary Clinton 

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That future will be shaped more by what happens on November 8 in voting booths across our nation than by any other event in the world. I have come here to make it as clear as possible as to why I am endorsing Hillary Clinton and why she must become our next president.

…Hillary Clinton understands that we must fix an economy in America that is rigged and that sends almost all new wealth and income to the top one percent. Hillary Clinton understands that if someone in America works 40 hours a week, that person should not be living in poverty. She believes that we should raise the minimum wage to a living wage. And she wants to create millions of new jobs by rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure. – our roads, bridges, water systems and wastewater plants.

…If you don’t believe this election is important, take a moment to think about the Supreme Court justices that Donald Trump [would] nominate, and what that [would mean] to civil liberties, equal rights and the future of our country.

…Hillary Clinton will make an outstanding president and I am proud to stand with her here today.

Full Transcript of Bernie Sanders’ Speech Endorsing Hillary Clinton – Fortune

Enough with the tsimmes already, onward together!

Sanders: Clinton ‘must become our next president’

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Bernie Sanders officially endorsed Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid here Tuesday, ending a primary campaign that defied expectations and tested the notion that Clinton’s claim to the Democratic nomination was inevitable.

Sanders: Clinton ‘must become our next president’

Well that took fucking long enough.

Names are released of officers involved in shooting that Minnesota governor calls an example of racism

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Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton on Thursday forcefully condemned the police officers involved in the shooting of a 32-year-old black man, singling out the shooting as an example of racism and an incident that would have played out differently if it didn’t involve black Americans.  

Names are released of officers involved in shooting that Minnesota governor calls an example of racism

hmmmm

Baton Rouge police tactics in Alton Sterling shooting protests questioned 

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Both the ACLU and Amnesty International harshly criticized the police response to peaceful protests.

…Police have said the group was targeted because they blocked a residential street hours before, but most of the arrests on Sunday were made while people were on private property — some with authorization of the owner.

Baton Rouge police tactics in Alton Sterling shooting protests questioned | NOLA.com

Sigh…

NYPD Shooting of Motorist Caught on Video; the Initial “Story” Doesn’t Match the Evidence

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Alas, video has confirmed the truth once again. An NYPD off-duty police officer waited about one second before shooting and killing a driver in what is being termed a “road rage” incident on Monday…

NYPD Shooting of Motorist Caught on Video; the Initial “Story” Doesn’t Match the Evidence

As long as police officers allow other officers to perpetrate unlawful violence every single one of them is culpable for every single violent crime committed by a thug with a badge.

Gingrich: White People ‘Don’t Understand Being Black in America’ 

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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) had some surprising words on race Friday after a tragic week.

“It took me a long time, and a number of people talking to me through the years to get a sense of this,” Gingrich …told CNN. “If you are a normal white American, the truth is you don’t understand being black in America.

…White Americans ‘instinctively underestimate the level of discrimination and the level of additional risk’ facing black Americans today.

…They are substantially more likely to end up in a situation where the police don’t respect you and you could easily get killed. And sometimes for whites it’s difficult to appreciate how real that is and how it’s an everyday danger.”

Gingrich: White people ‘don’t understand being black in America’ – NY Daily News

hmmm

‘Bomb Robot’ Takes Down Dallas Gunman, but Raises Enforcement Questions

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But the decision to deliver a bomb by robot stunned some current and former law enforcement officials, who said they believed the new tactic blurred the line between policing and warfare.

They said that it might have been an excessive use of force and that it set a precedent, adding that they were concerned that other departments across the country could begin using the same tactic.

‘Bomb Robot’ Takes Down Dallas Gunman, but Raises Enforcement Questions

Earth to officers, you are neither judge nor jury. Assholes.

In Week of Emotional Swings, Police Face a Dual Role: Villain and Victim

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“One of the worries that cops have is that no cop can control what another cop does, but all cops will be judged by what the other cop does,” Chief Brandon del Pozo of the Burlington Police Department said. [emphasis: mine]

In Week of Emotional Swings, Police Face a Dual Role: Villain and Victim

Bull fucking shit. You can hold other cops accountable to the same laws you are sworn to uphold. You can refuse to help cover-up crimes committed by other officers. You can be honest and uphold the law or you can cower and cover for the criminal conduct of other officers. The choice is up you, officer.  So don’t blame the public for creating a situation that the line blue line created. If officers held other officer accountable then none of you would be in this situation.

You don’t like it? Change how your departments work. Whining about problems that you are part of creating/continuing is nothing more than narcissistic childish bullshit.