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Bernie Sanders tells National Urban League his Justice Dept. will fight all forms of discrimination

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In his first speech in Florida since becoming a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president, Vermont independent socialist U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders delivered a searing indictment of the American capitalist system, but also spoke in strong terms about reforming the criminal justice system, in the wake of a series of incidents where black people have died while being detained or in custody. Sanders was the fourth of the five presidential candidates who spoke on Friday morning at the National Urban League’s annual…

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Mitch Perry Report for 7.31.15 — Whose lives matter?

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Greetings from the Extended Stay America motel in Fort Lauderdale, just a few blocks from the Fort Lauderdale/Broward CountyConvention Center. That’s where three of the Democrats running for president: Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley — will be addressing the thousands gathered at the National Urban League’s annual meeting. The event comes a couple of weeks after Sanders and O’Malley were bum-rushed by some #BlackLivesMatter activists at the NetRoots Nation conference in Phoenix, causing some tension between the establishment…

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