Hillary Clinton Pushes Criminal-Justice Proposals in Baltimore Aftermath
Democratic presidential hopeful and former U.S. Sectetary of State Hillary Clinton speaks to employees of Whitney Brothers, an educational furniture manufacturer, at a round table discussionon April 20, 2015 in Keene, New Hampshire.
Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty ImagesHillary Clinton offered her vision for sweeping changes to the criminal-justice system on Wednesday in the first policy speech of her presidential campaign, which came just as the country grapples with the fallout from the death of a young black man who had sustained injuries in police custody.
"Yet again the family of a young black man is grieving," Clinton said, referring to the death last week of 25-year-old Freddie Gray in Baltimore and the anger that has spilled out onto the city's streets in the days since. "Yet again a community is reeling, its fault lines laid bare and its bonds of trust and respect frayed."