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Presidential candidate Clinton promises to prosecute police killers
Reuters ^

Posted on 07/18/2016 10:54:40 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

Presidential candidate Clinton promises to prosecute police killers

NEW YORK Hillary Clinton promised on Monday to bring the "full weight of the law" against people who kill police officers if she becomes the next U.S. president after two recent episodes of gunmen slaying police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge.

Clinton, the presumptive Democratic candidate ahead of a Nov. 8 election, made the promise in a speech in Cincinnati at the annual convention of the civil rights group the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

"Anyone who kills a police officer and anyone who helps must be held accountable," Clinton said. "As president, I will bring the full weight of the law to bear to make sure those who kill police officers are brought to justice."

The penalties for killing a police officer are rightly more severe than those for killing a civilian because police are symbols of the rule of law, she said.

Clinton's remarks come among heighten tensions between police forces and many black and Latino Americans, who have been rallying in protests across the country against a spate of police killings of black men, often unarmed, during encounters.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hillarynaacpspeech; hillaryspeech; naacpcincinnati; naacpconvention
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To: Sub-Driver

Wow she is getting desperate.


21 posted on 07/18/2016 11:08:43 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Sub-Driver

She is an exceptionally good lair.


22 posted on 07/18/2016 11:09:32 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
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To: Sub-Driver

Whoopee $hit. That’s a pretty low bar.


23 posted on 07/18/2016 11:14:27 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Sub-Driver

Since thusfar they all end up DEAD that’s a pretty easy promise to make.


24 posted on 07/18/2016 11:14:43 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Sub-Driver

Um hmm. A law and order candidate. Bleh.


25 posted on 07/18/2016 11:18:37 AM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: DoughtyOne
She's a good lair.
Got fleas in that hair.
Her hair is the lair.
26 posted on 07/18/2016 11:20:10 AM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: Enterprise

Yes, I was trying to make dyslexics feel accepted...

LOL


27 posted on 07/18/2016 11:23:22 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
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To: Sub-Driver

Oh yeah Reuters tough talk? Where’s her speech headline to NAACP? Something like:Hillary attacks police culture and plays the race card!


28 posted on 07/18/2016 11:23:42 AM PDT by Lent
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To: Sub-Driver

So, Hillary, the terrorist’s family in Florida, are you going to prosecute them too?


29 posted on 07/18/2016 11:24:04 AM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Blah, blah, blah


30 posted on 07/18/2016 11:24:51 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: Sub-Driver

She just lost the racist BLMers with that statement.

For the latter, the only good cop is a dead cop.

The deadly shootings in Dallas and Baton Rouge have drive it home.


31 posted on 07/18/2016 11:26:18 AM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: DoughtyOne

Yhank Tou.


32 posted on 07/18/2016 11:28:45 AM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: Enterprise

“:^)


33 posted on 07/18/2016 11:29:20 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
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To: Sub-Driver
Oh yeah.
We recently saw the Dems dishonest version of the full weight of the law in prosecution t In fact, Hill & Billy were the on center stage of that farce. All liars...Comey, Lynch, Obama, you name them.
34 posted on 07/18/2016 11:46:14 AM PDT by AlphaOneAlpha
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To: Sub-Driver
With all due respect for the slain officers, haven't all the cop shooters assumed room temperature?

I'm guessing it would be easy to prosecute and punish someone who has already been "celestially punished".

35 posted on 07/18/2016 11:58:43 AM PDT by China Clipper ( Animals? I LOVE animals. See? There's one there, right next to the potatoes!)
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To: Sub-Driver

Public Enemy #1 who skated blithely past the law is going to exert “full weight of the law.” Sure.


36 posted on 07/18/2016 12:51:55 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Sub-Driver

It’s not the job of POTUS to prosecute anybody.
Plus matters pertaining to local crime and cops do not fall under the jurisdiction of the Feds.
She’s pandering to the low info crowd as usual.


37 posted on 07/18/2016 3:26:56 PM PDT by mumblypeg (Make America Sane Again.)
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