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peacebird

(14,195 posts)
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 10:18 AM Feb 2016

"I am not a Super Predator Hillary"

http://www.salon.com/2016/02/25/im_not_a_superpredator_hillary_black_lives_matter_protestors_crash_clinton_south_carolina_fundraiser/

“I’m not a Superpredator, Hillary Clinton,” the young Black Lives Matter activist said Wednesday night, holding a sign that read: “We have to bring them to heel” – Hillary Clinton. The quote is from a January 25, 1996, speech by Clinton during which she promoted the concept of “community policing” in order to combat the growth of so-called “Superpredators.”

“They are not just gangs of kids anymore,” Clinton said in Keene, New Hampshire. “They are often the kinds of kids that are called ‘super-predators.’ No conscience, no empathy. We can talk about why they ended up that way, but first we have to bring them to heel”
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Merryland

(1,134 posts)
1. A Goldwater Girl all grown up
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 10:22 AM
Feb 2016

struts around, microphone in hand, while a protestor is thrown out. And then gets back to "important" issues.

peacebird

(14,195 posts)
2. Exactly. Very glad the video shows what Hillary says as the young woman is being escorted out
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 10:24 AM
Feb 2016

Pretty disgusting. #WhichHillary is trending hard on twitter right now.

JohnnyRingo

(18,633 posts)
8. I can't wait to go out Saturday night.
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 12:59 PM
Feb 2016

I want to tell my conservative friends at the bar that Hillary is actually just like them. Then I'm going to follow up with another joke about a foot tall piano player. If I get them laughing hard enough I may get a couple beers bought for me.

Thanx for the material. Can I quote you on "Goldwater Girl"? hahahaha

Cobalt Violet

(9,905 posts)
3. "super-predators.’ No conscience, no empathy."
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 10:31 AM
Feb 2016

Sounds like she's talking about her Wall Street heroes.

Glad BLM is taking hillary to heel.

BillZBubb

(10,650 posts)
4. Hillary's true colors show through for all to see...
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 10:36 AM
Feb 2016

except her die hard loyalists. Their heads remain firmly buried in the sand.

Dragonfli

(10,622 posts)
5. I believe their heads are buried in a very different place
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 10:51 AM
Feb 2016

Just as Palin can see Russia from her house, I believe with a much higher degree of certainty, that die hard loyalists can see Hillary's colon from their vantage point where their heads are buried. I speak metaphorically, but of course, I speak the truth.

lawexpert

(4 posts)
9. Hillary Clinton was not referring to Blacks by using the term Super Predator
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 03:31 AM
Feb 2016

Bernie Sanders Endorser Ben Jealous Needs to Stop Lying About Hillary and ‘Superpredators’: http://thedailybanter.com/2016/02/ben-jealous-needs-to-stop-lying-about-hillary-and-superpredators/

Black Lives Matter Activist Demands Hillary Clinton Apologize Based on a Lie: http://www.mediaite.com/online/black-lives-matter-activist-demands-hillary-clinton-apologize-based-on-a-lie/

peacebird

(14,195 posts)
10. Yes, she was.
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 08:10 AM
Feb 2016

At issue was a quotation from Clinton in 1996, at the height of anxiety during her husband's administration about high rates of crime and violence. During his presidency, Bill Clinton shepherded a sweeping crime bill through Congress that was heralded at the time but has since been widely criticized for increasing incarceration rates and sentence durations, notably among black inmates.

"They are often the kinds of kids that are called 'super-predators,' " Hillary Clinton said then. "No conscience, no empathy. We can talk about why they ended up that way, but first we have to bring them to heel."

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