Hillary Clinton Meets With Black Lives Matter In Cleveland But Refuses Request By Police

Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton decided to meet with members of Black Lives Matter prior to a speech professing inclusion and communication, just after contradicting herself by refusing a request to meet with Cleveland police officers.

Clinton made a campaign stop on in Cleveland on Friday, speaking to about 1,600 people gathered at the Cuyahoga Community College, metro campus. Clinton, while standing behind a podium bearing a sign that read, “Stronger Together,” spoke about a “unifying vision, bringing us together, not tearing us apart,” and declaring, “I want to be every American’s president.”

Her “unifying vision” however doesn’t appear to include law enforcement, and many believe that it never has. However her vision does include Black Lives Matter and aligning herself with their dangerous, dividing, false rhetoric based on misinformation. Case in point:

Prior to her speech, Clinton met with Black Lives Matter leaders DeRay Mckesson and Brittany Packnett to continue “the discussion of how they can advance equity and opportunity in the African American community.” Coincidentally, or maybe not so, Packnett recently announced her endorsement of Clinton for president.

Considering that Black Lives Matter alleges systemic racism in law enforcement, and are proponents of defunding police departments that fight crime in black communities, the police weren’t invited to the discussion.

Local law enforcement officers reached out to Hillary Clinton and asked to meet with her to discuss their concerns. Clinton could have taken the opportunity and proven her claims of inclusion and the desire to be “every American’s president” by accepting an offer to meet with members of law enforcement in Cleveland. Instead, she refused.

Steve Loomis, president of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association, said in a statement released by the Donald Trump campaign, “Hillary Clinton shows where her priorities lie when she meets with radicals from Black Lives Matters but refuses requests to meet with our local police officers here in Cleveland, Ohio, and across the nation. By accepting this meeting with this racially exclusive and divisive group that has incited attacks against police officers, she sets back our efforts to restore trust with the law abiding citizens we serve in the neighborhoods where our presence is needed the most.”

Dallas Fallen Officer Foundation President Sgt. Demetrick Pennie, said in a statement, “Hillary Clinton disrespects the sacrifice of law enforcement officers across America by meeting with a group like Black Lives Matter, which has advocated for violence against police officers. Hillary Clinton’s affirmation of this group just weeks before the election reflects the worst kind of pandering by politicians in this country who will stoke racial tensions to promote their political agenda.”

In her claims of inclusion and to become “every American’s president”, Hillary Clinton has decided to exclude the men and women in law enforcement who risk their lives protecting both those who respect what their sacrifices, and equally, those who do not.

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