The former secretary of state was responding to a reporter`s question during a Facebook chat. He asked what she would have told progressive activists at Netroots Nation, a progressive conference that Clinton declined to attend.
"Black lives matter. Everyone in this country should stand firmly behind that," Clinton wrote. "We need to acknowledge some hard truths about race and justice in this country, and one of those hard truths is that racial inequality is not merely a symptom of economic inequality. Black people across America still experience racism every day."
Clinton called for body cameras on all police officers, prison reform, universal early childhood education and expansion of voting rights as steps for countering the effects of racism.
Hillary Clinton: `Black Lives Matter!`
25 July 2015
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Hillary Clinton said Monday that "black lives matter," in a nod to activists pressing Democrats to adopt tough rhetoric on racial justice.
