Today's Hillary News & Views begins with coverage of Clinton's keynote speech at an event commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of Rosa Parks leading the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
The Montgomery Advertiser reports:
"We each need to do the hard work of rebuilding our bonds with one another," Clinton said Tuesday at an event honoring the 60th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. "This isn’t just about strengthening ties between police and citizens, although that is very important. It’s about strengthening ties across society, between neighbors and colleagues, even among those with whom we profoundly disagree."
Clinton said she wanted to rebuild the bonds between law enforcement and communities, and also wanted to end "era of mass incarceration in the United States."
"There are still too many Americans, especially too many African-Americans whose experience of the justice system is not what it should be," she said. "There are too many ways our laws and policies fall short of ideals."
Clinton said voting rights were important to the "dignity" of every person, and echoed Sewell's concerns about the driver's license office issue, but did not outline any remedies on that or criminal justice. Instead, she spoke broadly about the need to bring Americans closer together.
"It may be unusual to hear a presidential candidate say we need more love and kindness, but that is what we need right now," Clinton said, quoting Martin Luther King's statement that "justice is love correcting that which would work against love."
"Let us go forth today, challenged to do our part that this generation will see the work of justice and equality, as well as love and kindness," she said. "I look forward to being your partner in the years ahead."