Some of these children will never recover from the terror, and possibly never see their mother/parents/siblings again. If I could name only one atrocity committed by Trump and the Republican-led Congress to be chosen for them o suffer consequences, it would be this crime against humanity. The kind of emotional pain and trauma these children are going through can be every bit as bad, and sometimes worse, than physical trauma. What’s happening on our borders depicts cruelty on every level, perhaps at its worse. My heart travels into the deepest depths of sorrow when I see photos like this-and imagine how many others we’re not seeing. This must be acknowledged and Bernie has done so repeatedly.TomorrowâÂÂs cover for the /vCRWwALxb3- Shaun King June 16, 2018 Race is not a coincidental factor in police violence, but is a central, determining factor in much of the brutality. There's no doubt in my mind that she, like too many African-Americans who die in police custody, would be alive today if she were a white woman." He gets it. In addition to meeting with her mother, he came out in December and flat out said "Sandra Bland should not have died while in police custody. No presidential candidate has been as clear on what happened to Sandra Bland as Bernie. This is what it's going to take to address police violence in America.Ģ. Bernie, on the other hand, came out strong on how leaders at the highest level need to be held accountable there. With both Hillary (and Obama) having deep ties to the city and its mayor, Rahm Emanuel, they have both been rather mum about it. Police and political corruption in Chicago is a horrific mess. Those two moves meant everything to me, but three separate moments hooked me once and for all, and got me feeling the Bern.ġ. He hired one of the most respected immigration activists in the country, Erika Andiola, to not only connect with Latino voters, but to also shape his campaign on immigration issues. He hired Symone Sanders, a black woman who has fought for juvenile justice issues her whole life, not as his juvenile justice liaison, but as his national press secretary. I had grown used to politicians shrugging off the pain and pleas of black folks and just assuming we'd vote for them anyway. Instead of simply saying "Black Lives Matter" here and there, he released the most comprehensive, thorough, specific plan of any candidate on either side to address police brutality, economic inequality, voting rights, education, health care, gun safety and more. Looking back on it, I truly think it was the most important moment of his campaign. At the time, thousands of liberal white folks were irritated to no end when they saw the demonstration. When women from the Black Lives Matter movement interrupted his campaign speeches and demanded he not only acknowledge state violence against black bodies, but that he also needed to have strong policy positions on the issue, I was all for it. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)īut even more than who he has been over the past few decades, it's who Sanders is right now, at this pivotal moment in our country, that hooked me. He is beating every single Republican candidate in head-to-head polls, often at margins even wider than Hillary Clinton, and he has the most enthusiastic base of any candidate on either side.
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