Hillary Clinton: Should Law Enforcement Use Racial Profiling

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Did you know that over 800 African-Americans have been killed in the past 9 months? Hillary Clinton is a strong believer in the fact that all lives matter and you shouldn’t be treated differently just because you aren’t the same skin color(“Should Law Enforcement Use Racial Profiling?”procon.org). She also is willing to spend thousands of dollars to help save illegal drug users and their children. Hillary Clinton will enforce the law to everyone and help keep the United States safe.
Hillary Clinton believes that “If we stand with each other now, we can build a future where no one is left out or left behind, and everyone can share in the promise of America—which is big enough for everyone, not to be reserved for a few” (hillaryclinton.com). Clinton also strongly believes that no matter the color of our skin we should all be treated the same. Hillary has seen stories of many innocent people being shot and feels that this should stop.
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Charles was a therapist in Florida and at the time he was helping one of his autistic patients. He said later that he had his hands raised and thought he was safe because he nor his patient had any weapons. He later recovered from a gunshot wound in his leg(aljazeera.com). Hillary believes that this is breaking the trust in many neighborhoods and is weakening the whole United States because after hearing this many people are now frightened to walk around their own neighborhood. Hillary has been fighting against racial injustice her whole career and will keep fighting her whole life. Most communities are scared to do anything because they don’t trust the people in their neighborhoods. They think they will be shot and/or killed. Hillary Clinton hopes to stop this during her

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