In Philly, Hillary Clinton Decries “Senseless” Killings in Dallas, Louisiana, Minnesota (Watch)

Hillary Clinton stood before a crowd gathered to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the African Methodist Episcopal Church on Friday evening and addressed a week of stunning violence around the country that included the shootings of two black men by police officers in Louisiana and Minnesota as well as a deadly attack on police in Dallas.

“We know there is something wrong in this country,” said Clinton. “There is too much violence, too much hate, too much senseless killing. Too many people dead who shouldn’t be.”

“Elie Wiesel, who died last week, once clarified for us that the opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference,” said Clinton. “And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference. None of us can afford to feel indifferent to each other. Not now, not ever.”

“There is clear evidence that African-Americans are much more likely to be killed in police incidents than any other group of Americans,” she said. “And we know there is too little trust in too many places between police and the communities they are sworn to protect.

“White Americans need to do a better job of listening when African-Americans talk about the seen and unseen barriers you face everyday,” she added. “We need to try as best we can to walk in one another’s shoes, to imagine what it would feel like if people followed us around stores or locked their car doors when we walked past.”


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