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Bill Clinton and Black Lives Matter Protestors Exchange Words at Rally

The former President and protestors got into a heated debate. 
Bill Clinton on His Dispute with Black Lives Matter Activists: ‘I Almost Want to Apologize for It’
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By Lauren Porter ·
At a campaign rally for his wife, former President Bill Clinton didn’t help her cause in trying to secure the Black vote. Clinton and Black Lives Matter protestors got into a heated exchange of words in which the attendees questioned the anti-crime legislature and welfare reform put into law during his time in office. The 42nd President’s rebuttal was simply blasphemous beyond words. Here’s What Hillary Clinton Has to Say About Why Black Americans Should Trust Her “I don’t know how you would characterize the gang leaders who got 13-year-old kids hopped up on crack and sent them out onto the street to murder other African-American children,” Clinton said. “Maybe you thought they were good citizens …. You are defending the people who kill the lives you say matter. Tell the truth. You are defending the people who cause young people to go out and take guns.” Both Bill and Hillary have faced their fair share of scrutiny over the tears about their impact on Black communities. Many protestors say Clinton’s 1994 bill put a high number of African Americans in prison for nonviolent offenses at a unfair rate. Clinton defended his passing of the law during the event in which he said, “I talked to a lot of African-American groups. They thought Black lives matter. They said take this bill, because our kids are being shot in the street by gangs. We have 13-year-old kids planning their own funerals.” Following his remarks, Clinton was trending on Twitter for quite some time where many users took offense to his commentary.