Clinton Jumps Into Race Debate, Says Americans Must Face 'Hard Truths'

Hillary Clinton took a side in the race debate churning nationally on Thursday, decrying the criminal justice system as "out of balance" and imploring Americans to "grapple with some hard truths about race." 

Unlike the measured comments she made in August about the unrest in Ferguson, Mo., Clinton this time delivered a bold response to the death of an unarmed black man by police in New York City and the protests that have followed a grand jury's decision not to indict the officer who administered the deadly chokehold. She noted the anger in communities across the country, saying that "a lot of hearts are breaking" as Americans are "asking ourselves, aren't these our sons?"