2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)Bernie Sanders Unveils Sweeping Policy Platform To Combat Racial Inequality [View all]
WASHINGTON -- A day after being interrupted by Black Lives Matters protesters at a campaign event in Seattle, Washington, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) released a detailed platform on combating racial inequality.
Sanders' campaign posted the platform on his website on Sunday, and he addressed the issue of racial justice that evening in front of 20,000 supporters in Portland, drawing his largest crowd yet along the campaign trail. Nearly 12,000 people attended Saturdays event in Seattle.
The platform delineates policy proposals pertaining to what Sanders calls the four central types of violence waged against black and brown Americans: physical, political, legal and economic.
Sanders proposes a series of police reforms, including the demilitarization of police forces, a federal program giving police body cameras, and increasing police transparency and accountability. He also calls for an end to mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent offenses and bemoans the disproportionate rate at which blacks are targeted by police.
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