in his speech to 11000 people on July 17 th 2015
Before a fervent crowd that Sanders’ campaign spokesperson estimated at over 11,000 took time to switch gears from his message of economic populism to address the concerns of #BlackLivesMatters protesters who disrupted his talk earlier.
“It is not acceptable that an African-American male baby born today, if we do not change things, stands a 1 in 4 chance of being in prison during his life,” the Vermont independent told the crowd.
He continued, “It is not acceptable to me that we have seen young black men walk down streets in this country be beaten and be killed unjustly — that is not acceptable. Most police officers — and I was a mayor for eight years — and I worked with police officers, it’s a tough job but most cops do it well. But when a police officer breaks the law, that officer must be held accountable.”
Video over the fancy orange barricade
Bernie links wealth/income inequality with the issue of police brutality and cops getting away with it.
I think it is political speech to suggest that "most cops do police work well" because we are seeing a vast absence of 'good cops', but this is how politicians build the bridges to get things done.
And it would appear he and his team got the message.